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==Demographics== |
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The following statistics are from the [[South African National Census of 2011|2011 Census]].<ref>Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through [http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/ Stats SA SuperWEB].</ref> Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total. |
The following statistics are from the [[South African National Census of 2011|2011 Census]].<ref>Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through [http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/ Stats SA SuperWEB] {{wayback|url=http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/ |date=20130930103145 }}.</ref> Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total. |
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==Politics== |
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The council of the Eden District Municipality consists of thirty-five councillors, of whom fifteen are directly elected by [[party-list proportional representation]], and twenty are appointed by the councils of the constituent local municipalities: six by [[George Local Municipality|George]], four by [[Mossel Bay Local Municipality|Mossel Bay]], three by [[Oudtshoorn Local Municipality|Oudtshoorn]], two each by [[Hessequa Local Municipality|Hessequa]], [[Bitou Local Municipality|Bitou]] and [[Knysna Local Municipality|Knysna]], and one by [[Kannaland Local Municipality|Kannaland]]. {{Asof|2012|08}} there are seventeen councillors from the [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] (DA) representatives, thirteen from the [[African National Congress]] (ANC), two each from the [[African Christian Democratic Party]] (ACDP) and the [[Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa]] (ICOSA) and one from the [[Congress of the People (South African political party)|Congress of the People]] (COPE).<ref name="comp">{{cite web |url=http://www.westerncape.gov.za/other/2012/8/political_composition_of_councils_august_2012.pdf |title=Political composition of councils |date=August 2012 |publisher=Western Cape Department of Local Government |accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref> The mayor is Vernatt van der Westhuizen and the deputy mayor is Lionel Esau; both are members of the DA.<ref>{{cite web |
The council of the Eden District Municipality consists of thirty-five councillors, of whom fifteen are directly elected by [[party-list proportional representation]], and twenty are appointed by the councils of the constituent local municipalities: six by [[George Local Municipality|George]], four by [[Mossel Bay Local Municipality|Mossel Bay]], three by [[Oudtshoorn Local Municipality|Oudtshoorn]], two each by [[Hessequa Local Municipality|Hessequa]], [[Bitou Local Municipality|Bitou]] and [[Knysna Local Municipality|Knysna]], and one by [[Kannaland Local Municipality|Kannaland]]. {{Asof|2012|08}} there are seventeen councillors from the [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] (DA) representatives, thirteen from the [[African National Congress]] (ANC), two each from the [[African Christian Democratic Party]] (ACDP) and the [[Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa]] (ICOSA) and one from the [[Congress of the People (South African political party)|Congress of the People]] (COPE).<ref name="comp">{{cite web |url=http://www.westerncape.gov.za/other/2012/8/political_composition_of_councils_august_2012.pdf |title=Political composition of councils |date=August 2012 |publisher=Western Cape Department of Local Government |accessdate=8 September 2012}}</ref> The mayor is Vernatt van der Westhuizen and the deputy mayor is Lionel Esau; both are members of the DA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westerncape.gov.za/eng/your_gov/12215/contacts |title=Eden District Municipality: Contacts |publisher=Western Cape Government |accessdate=8 September 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103192503/http://www.westerncape.gov.za:80/eng/your_gov/12215/contacts |archivedate=3 November 2012 |df= }}</ref> |
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The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.<ref name="comp"/> |
The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.<ref name="comp"/> |
Revision as of 04:16, 20 December 2016
Template:Infobox South African municipality The Eden District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.
Geography
The Eden district covers an area of 23,331 square kilometres (9,008 sq mi) in the southeastern part of the Western Cape, covering the regions known as the Garden Route and the Little Karoo. It stretches to the Breede River mouth and the Langeberg mountains on the west, where it abuts the Overberg District Municipality and (for a short distance) the Cape Winelands District Municipality. To the north the boundary with the Central Karoo District Municipality runs along the Swartberg mountains. In the east the municipality runs up to the Eastern Cape provincial boundary.
The district is divided into seven local municipalities, described in the following table.
Name | Seat | Population (2011) |
Area (km2) |
Density (inhabitants/km2) |
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Kannaland[1] | Ladismith | 24,767 | 4,758 | 5.2 |
Hessequa[2] | Riversdale | 52,642 | 5,733 | 9.2 |
Mossel Bay[3] | Mossel Bay | 89,430 | 2,011 | 44.5 |
George[4] | George | 193,672 | 5,191 | 37.3 |
Oudtshoorn[5] | Oudtshoorn | 95,933 | 3,537 | 27.1 |
Bitou[6] | Plettenberg Bay | 49,162 | 992 | 49.6 |
Knysna[7] | Knysna | 68,659 | 1,109 | 61.9 |
Total | 574,265 | 23,331 | 24.6 |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.[8] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.
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Politics
The council of the Eden District Municipality consists of thirty-five councillors, of whom fifteen are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twenty are appointed by the councils of the constituent local municipalities: six by George, four by Mossel Bay, three by Oudtshoorn, two each by Hessequa, Bitou and Knysna, and one by Kannaland. As of August 2012[update] there are seventeen councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA) representatives, thirteen from the African National Congress (ANC), two each from the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA) and one from the Congress of the People (COPE).[9] The mayor is Vernatt van der Westhuizen and the deputy mayor is Lionel Esau; both are members of the DA.[10]
The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.[9]
DA | ANC | ICOSA | ACDP | COPE | |
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Directly elected | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Appointed by Kannaland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Appointed by Hessequa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Appointed by Mossel Bay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Appointed by George | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Appointed by Oudtshoorn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Appointed by Bitou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Appointed by Knysna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
The following table shows the results of the election of the fifteen directly elected councillors on 18 May 2011.[11]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Civic Independent" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #274D8F;" data-sort-value="National People's Party (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="South African Progressive Civic Organisation" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Universal Civics of South Africa" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Cape Party" |Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | |
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DA | 95,340 | 50.7 | 8 | |
ANC | 75,353 | 40.1 | 6 | |
Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa | 6,094 | 3.2 | 1 | |
COPE | 4,989 | 2.7 | 0 | |
ACDP | 2,818 | 1.5 | 0 | |
Civic Independent | 1,217 | 0.6 | 0 | |
National People's Party | 885 | 0.5 | 0 | |
South African Progressive Civic Organisation | 494 | 0.3 | 0 | |
Universal Civics of South Africa | 471 | 0.3 | 0 | |
Cape Party | 354 | 0.2 | 0 | |
Total | 188,015 | 100.00 | 15 | |
Spoilt votes[12] | 2,914 |
References
- ^ "Kannaland Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Hessequa Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Mossel Bay Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "George Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Oudtshoorn Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Bitou Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Knysna Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through Stats SA SuperWEB Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b "Political composition of councils" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ "Eden District Municipality: Contacts". Western Cape Government. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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- ^ "% Spoilt Ballots: Western Cape: All Municipalities" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2012.