Stellenbosch Local Municipality

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—  Local municipality  —
Stellenbosch Local Municipality
Location in the Western Cape
Coordinates (Stellenbosch Town Hall): 33°56′12″S 18°51′41″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Cape Winelands
Founded	6 November 1679
Magistrature	1685
Seat	Stellenbosch
Wards	22
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Conrad Sidego (DA)
• Deputy Mayor	Martin Smuts (DA)
• Speaker	Cyril Jooste (DA)
Area
• Total	831 km2 (320.9 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	200,524
• Density	241.3/km2 (625/sq mi)
• Households	36,413
Population groups
• Coloured	54.9%
• Black African	26.0%
• White	18.6%
• Indian or Asian	0.5%
Languages
• Afrikaans	74.3%
• Xhosa	17.1%
• English	6.8%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	CL
Twin cities
• Paju	South Korea
Municipal code	WC024
Website	www.stellenbosch.gov.za

Stellenbosch Local Municipality (also known as Stellenbosch Municipality) is the local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Pniel, and the surrounding rural areas, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It covers an area of 831 square kilometres (321 sq mi) and, as of 2007, had a population of 200,524 people in 36,413 households. It falls within the Cape Winelands District Municipality.

Government

Results of the 2011 Municipal Elections

  DA (25)

  ANC (11)

  SCA (3)

  Other parties (1)

Results of the 2006 Municipal Elections

  ANC: 16 seats

  DA: 15 seats

  other parties: 6 seats

Stellenbosch is divided into twenty-two wards, with a total of forty-three councillors.

In the local government elections of 2000, the Democratic Alliance (DA) came to power in Stellenbosch. The administration was short-lived, however, and in October 2002, an African National Congress (ANC) and New National Party (NNP) coalition took over the council when four councillors defected from the DA and a local community party during a floor-crossing period. Willie Ortell (NNP) was elected mayor and GW Adonis (ANC) was chosen as deputy mayor.

After the next local government elections in 2006, a coalition was formed by the DA and several smaller parties, and Lauretta Maree of the DA was elected as executive mayor and Khulile Shubani of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) as deputy-mayor. In February 2008 councillor Myra Linders left the DA and stood as an independent candidate in the resulting by-election, and won. Her shift in allegiance allowed an ANC-led coalition, with the swing votes of the two councillors from the Kayamandi Community Alliance (KCA) to take control of the council in April 2008. Patrick Swartz of the KCA was elected mayor while Cameron Mcako of the ANC decame deputy mayor. After serious allegations of fraud by councillors surfaced, Myra Linders once again used her swing vote to topple the administration in December 2009 by supporting a DA-led motion of no-confidence in the mayor, deputy mayor and speaker Gordon Pheiffer of the ANC. Cyril Jooste of the DA became the new mayor, and Mcako and Pheiffer both resigned.

In the 2011 local government elections voters handed the DA an outright majority on the in the municipality, resulting in the first stable municipal council in more than a decade. Conrad Sidego of the DA has been appointed the new mayor.

Mayors

• Conrad Sidego (June 2011 – Present) (DA)
• Cyril Jooste (December 2009 - June 2011) (DA)
• Patrick Swartz (April 2008 - December 2009) (KCA)
• Lauretta Maree (March 2006 - April 2008) (DA)
• Willie Ortell (October 2002 - March 2006) (NNP)

Geography

Cities and towns

• Franschhoek
• Jamestown
• Kayamandi
• Klapmuts
• Kylemore
• Languedoc
• Pniel
• Stellenbosch
• Wemmershoek

Adjacent municipalities

• Drakenstein Local Municipality (north)
• Breede Valley Local Municipality (northeast)
• Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality (southeast)
• City of Cape Town (west, southwest)

Demographics

As of the census of 2001, there are 117,705 people and 28,745 households residing in the municipality. The racial makeup of the municipality is Black African 20.55%, Coloured 57.36%, Indian/Asian 0.20%, and White 21.88%.

17.7% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 4.09.

In the municipality the population is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 15, 24.4% from 15 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 14.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 25 years. For every 100 females there are 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males.

In the municipality 74.1% of residents speak Afrikaans at home, 6.9% speak English, 0.0% speak Ndebele, 17.2% speak Xhosa, 0.1% speak Zulu, 0.0% speak Northern Sotho, 1.0% speak Sotho, 0.0% speak Tswana, 0.0% speak Swati, 0.0% speak Venda, and 0.0% speak Tsonga. 0.0% of the population speaks a non-official language at home.

External links

• Official website
• Stellenbosch Local Municipality at Cape Gateway