Emthanjeni Local Municipality

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Template:Infobox South African municipality Emthanjeni Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Emthanjeni is a Xhosa name meaning a "vein", symbolising the importance of an underground water supply system to the area.[1] It is also a translation of the name of the municipality's seat, De Aar.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Britstown 371002 61.47 3,843 Afrikaans
De Aar 371004 84.23 23,760 Afrikaans
Hanover 371006 80.77 4,594 Afrikaans
Mziwabantu 371001 1,08 1,302 Xhosa/Afrikaans
Nonzwakazi 371005 1.27 6,230 Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 371003 13,243.48 2,626 Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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]

style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #EC8713;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" |
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 8,393 8,264 16,657 57.8 7 2 9
DA 4,950 5,004 9,954 34.6 1 4 5
EFF 830 832 1,662 5.8 0 1 1
VF+ 142 144 286 1.0 0 0 0
COPE 102 149 251 0.9 0 0 0
Total 14,417 14,393 28,810 100.0 8 7 15
Spoilt votes 163 188 351

References

  1. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  2. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emthanjeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Emthanjeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

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