Overstrand Local Municipality
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Overstrand Local Municipality |
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| Municipal code | WC032 |
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| Mayor | Theo Beyleveldt (DA) |
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| Population | 55,738 |
| Racial makeup | 35.7% White, 37.1% Coloured, 27.2% Black and 0.1% Indian/Asian. |
| Website | overstrand.gov.za/ |
Overstrand Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of 2001, the population was 55,738.
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[edit] Government
Theo Beyleveldt of the DA became executive mayor following the March 2006 local government elections when the DA won an outright majority of 10 seats in the 19-seat council, replacing the outgoing Willie Smuts who led the ANC-run council.
The DA consolidated its hold in the council following the September 2007 floor crossing window which saw the party gain an eleventh seat from the ACDP. The ANC lost a seat to the newly-formed National Peoples' Party, as did the Independent Democrats, whose only representative in the Overstrand Council crossed over. The current division of seats is: DA - 11, ANC - 6 and NPP - 2.
Willie Smuts, previously mayor of Hangklip-Kleinmond Municipality, was elected after the December 2000 local government elections and represented the DA before he defected along with seven other DA councillors to the NNP after the October 2002 floor-crossing window. The NNP then formed a coalition with the ANC when the council was reconstituted. After the September 2004 floor crossing Smuts then crossed the floor to the ANC along with most NNP councillors which gave the ANC an outright majority in the town for the first time.
Overstrand Local Municipality (with its bead office in the town of Hermanus) was considered a stronghold of the now defunct NNP with the formation of the Overstrand Local Municipality, as it took over from the municipalities of Greater Hermanus, Hangklip-Kleinmond, Stanford and Gansbaai, where the NNP had held (sometimes concealed) majorities of two thirds after the November 1995 municipal elections, which were the first since South Africa became a democracy.
[edit] Mayors
- Theo Beyleveldt (March 2006 - Present) (DA)
- Willie Smuts (September 2004 - March 2006) (ANC)
- Willie Smuts (October 2002 - September 2004) (NNP)
- Willie Smuts (December 2000 to October 2002) (DA)
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[edit] Demographics
The Municipality almost has a white Majority with 35.7% White, 37.1% Coloured, 27.2% Black and 0.1% Indian/Asian.
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