Dikgatlong Local Municipality

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Template:Infobox South African municipality Dikgatlong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts and Vaal rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as 1700.[1]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Barkly West 384013 70.6 8,258
Delportshoop 384005 66.8 4,788
Gong-Gong 384012 5.7 1,045
Holpan 384007 0.6 646
Kutlwano 384003 0.7 3,959
Longlands 384010 6.4 2,933
Mataleng 384014 2.5 11,847
Pniel Estate 384015 1.0 695
Sydney on Vaal 384009 0.6 33
Tidimalo 384006 1.0 5,558
Ulco 384004 9.9 860
Vaalbos National Park 384011 112.5 0
Vaal-Gamagara 384008 0.9 198
Windsorton 384002 50.4 2,291
Remainder 384001 6,985.2 3,727
Total 7,314.7 46,841

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]

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Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 9,059 9,078 18,137 66.6 7 2 9
DA 2,363 2,410 4,773 17.5 0 2 2
EFF 1,640 1,680 3,320 12.2 0 2 2
VF+ 189 190 379 1.4 0 0 0
COPE 170 198 368 1.4 0 0 0
Independent 246 – 246 0.9 0 – 0
Total 13,667 13,556 27,223 100.0 7 6 13
Spoilt votes 257 379 636

In a by-election held on 26 April 2017, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[5] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

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Party Ward PR list Total
ANC 6 2 8
DA 0 2 2
EFF 0 2 2
Independent 1 – 1
Total 7 6 13

References

  1. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  2. ^ "Dikgatlong Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  3. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Dikgatlong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Dikgatlong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ^ "29 Apr ANC lost ward 2 at Dikgatlong Municipality during by-elections". SABC News. 29 April 2017.
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