Sol Plaatje Local Municipality

Sol Plaatje Municipality (Afrikaans: Sol Plaatje Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sol Plaatje) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.

Sol Plaatje
Local municipality
Official seal of Sol Plaatje
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatKimberley
Wards31
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKagisho Dante Sonyoni[2] (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total248,041
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[3]
 • Black African61.2%
 • Coloured27.4%
 • Indian/Asian1.2%
 • White7.5%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Afrikaans45.2%
 • Tswana33.2%
 • English8.0%
 • Xhosa5.6%
 • Other8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC091

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Galeshewe38300515.24107,920
Kimberley383006142.7796,977
Motswedimosa3830080.867,240
Platfontein3830041.775,185
Ritchie38300723.937,610
Roodepan3830036.2820,263
Vaalbos National Park383001110.130
Non-urban areas3830022,844.412,846
Total3,145.39248,041

Politics
Main article: Sol Plaatje Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 thirty-three seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Sol Plaatje local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 30,83730,91361,75050.2%27633
Democratic Alliance 12,59112,70225,29320.5%6814
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,6005,99411,5949.4%066
Sol- Plaatjie Service Delivery Forum 2,6452,9235,5684.5%033
Patriotic Alliance 2,5772,8345,4114.4%033
Freedom Front Plus 2,2432,0964,3393.5%033
Good 2,0922,0994,1913.4%022
Independent candidates 1,648–1,6481.3%0–0
African Christian Democratic Party 5704561,0260.8%011
Congress of the People 1833945770.5%000
Azanian People's Organisation 2742695430.4%000
African Transformation Movement 2342514850.4%000
Africa's New Dawn 1351472820.2%000
Spectrum National Party 129912200.2%000
Economic Emancipation Forum 121641850.2%000
Total 61,87961,233123,112333265
Valid votes 61,87961,233123,11298.4%
Spoilt votes 9071,0972,0041.6%
Total votes cast 62,78662,330125,116
Voter turnout 63,026
Registered voters 128,236
Turnout percentage 49.1%

Mayors

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "PICS: Sol Plaatje Municipality's youngest mayor sworn in". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "Sol Plaatje Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  5. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. Halata, C. 2013. City gets new mayor: Molusi takes over Sol. Diamond Fields Advertiser 19 Dec 2013 pp 1-2
  8. New Mayor for Sol Plaatje Diamond Fields Advertiser 22 August 2016, p1
  9. "Sol Plaatje Municipality mayor Matika removed". 25 July 2018.
  10. "75 schools closed in Kimberley as violent protests pick up - The Mail & Guardian". 30 July 2018.
  11. KwonHoo, Sandi (29 November 2018). "Mabilo is new mayor". DFA. Retrieved 12 December 2019.


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