Kgatelopele Local Municipality

Kgatelopele Local Municipality is a local municipality in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Kgatelopele is a Setswana name that means "progress".[4]

Kgatelopele
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 23°40′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	ZF Mgcawu
Seat	Daniëlskuil
Wards	4
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Norman Prince
Area
• Total	2,478 km^2 (957 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	18,687
• Density	7.5/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	49.9%
• Coloured	38.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	9.8%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	58.3%
• Tswana	32.7%
• English	2.9%
• Xhosa	1.6%
• Other	4.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC086

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Danielskuil	32001	22.12	6,730
Five Mission	32002	1.70	350
Lime Acres	32004	755.53	3,723
Tlhakalatlou	32005	0.47	3,337
Remainder of the municipality	32003	2,870.45	1,305

Politics

The municipal council consists of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 no party obtained a majority on the council; the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Kgatelopele Community Forum (KCF) formed a coalition to govern the municipality. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	2,453	2,425	4,878	43.1	2	1	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,588	1,596	3,184	28.1	1	1	2
	Kgatelopele Community Forum	1,274	1,219	2,493	22.0	1	1	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	151	219	370	3.3	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	153	134	287	2.5	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	41	31	72	0.6	0	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	13	34	47	0.4	0	0	0
Total		5,673	5,658	11,331	100.0	4	3	7
Spoilt votes		75	84	159

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Kgatelopele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Kgatelopele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

External links

• Official website