Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Greater Kokstad Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Harry Gwala District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Kokstad is derived from Dutch, and it means "town of Kok". It was named after Adam Kok III.[1]
Kokstad serves as the service centre and commercial hub for most of East Griqualand and nearby parts of the Eastern Cape it borders with.[2]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhongweni | 55001 | 2.17 | 15,745 |
| Kokstad | 55003 | 9.84 | 11,566 |
| Mount Currie | 55004 | 10.14 | 1,553 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 55002 | 2,660.74 | 27,659 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 thirteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
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: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffb543;" data-sort-value="African Independent Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Kingdom Governance Movement" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 12,967 | 13,696 | 26,663 | 60.9 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| DA | 3,443 | 3,621 | 7,064 | 16.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| EFF | 1,922 | 3,123 | 5,045 | 11.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent | 2,884 | – | 2,884 | 6.6 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| AIC | 679 | 1,080 | 1,759 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kingdom Governance Movement | 43 | 151 | 194 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IFP | 5 | 141 | 146 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 21,943 | 21,812 | 43,755 | 100.0 | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Spoilt votes | 832 | 1,109 | 1,941 | |||||
References
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Umzimkhulu Municipality
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Kokstad" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Kokstad" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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