Phokwane Local Municipality

Phokwane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Phokwane; Afrikaans: Phokwane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name means "small Billy goat" in Setswana.[4]

Phokwane
Local municipality
Official seal of Phokwane
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°50′S 24°50′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatHartswater
Wards10
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorVuyisile Khen
Area
 • Total834 km2 (322 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total63,000
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African81.9%
 • Coloured11.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White6.3%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Tswana66.6%
 • Afrikaans18.9%
 • Xhosa5.6%
 • English3.9%
 • Other5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC094

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Banksdrif3860011.1505
Ganspan3860061.22,301
Hartswater38600310.810,465
Jan Kempdorp38600519.124,220
Pampierstad38600410.421,707
Remainder386002791.33,802
Total833.963,000

Politics
Main article: Phokwane Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of ten seats on the council.[6][7] The following table shows the results of the election.

Phokwane local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 7,5097,48614,99547.2%10010
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,6793,7467,42523.4%044
Democratic Alliance 1,8331,8583,69111.6%022
Freedom Front Plus 9319011,8325.8%011
Phokwane Service Delivery Forum 4985711,0693.4%011
Forum for Service Delivery 3384047422.3%011
Patriotic Front of Azania 2944087022.2%000
Patriotic Alliance 1672163831.2%000
Independent candidates 372–3721.2%0–0
Azanian People's Organisation 1441482920.9%000
African People First 111–1110.3%0–0
African Christian Democratic Party 48561040.3%000
United Christian Democratic Party 3435690.2%000
Total 15,95815,82931,78710919
Valid votes 15,95815,82931,78797.3%
Spoilt votes 4554428972.7%
Total votes cast 16,41316,27132,684
Voter turnout 16,440
Registered voters 32,409
Turnout percentage 50.7%

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. "Phokwane Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  6. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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