Breede Valley Local Municipality

Breede Valley Municipality is a local municipality located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 166,825.[2] Its municipality code is WC025.

Breede Valley

Breedevallei
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Western Cape
Coordinates: 33°40′S 19°30′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
DistrictCape Winelands
SeatWorcester
Wards21
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAntoinette Steyn (DA)
Area
 • Total3,833 km2 (1,480 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total166,825
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African24.3%
 • Coloured63.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White10.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans76.0%
 • Xhosa16.1%
 • English2.9%
 • Sotho2.7%
 • Other2.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeWC025

Geography

The municipality covers a total area of 3,833 square kilometres (1,480 sq mi). It includes a middle section of the Breede River Valley around the town of Worcester, and stretches up the Hex River valley to the edge of the Karoo. It abuts on the Witzenberg Municipality to the north, the Laingsburg Municipality to the east, the Langeberg Municipality to the southeast, the Theewaterskloof Municipality to the south, the Stellenbosch Municipality to the southwest and the Drakenstein Municipality to the west.

According to the 2011 census the municipality has a population of 166,825 people in 42,527 households. Of this population, 63.3% describe themselves as "Coloured", 24.3% as "Black African", and 10.7% as "White". The first language of 76.0% of the population is Afrikaans, while 16.1% speak Xhosa, 2.9% speak English and 2.7% speak Sotho.[4]

Most of the residents of the municipality live in Worcester, which as of 2011 has a population of 97,078.[5] Other towns in the municipality are Rawsonville (pop. 3,099) close to Worcester in the Breede Valley; De Doorns (pop. 11,278) in the Hex River Valley; and Touws River (pop. 8,126) on the edge of the Karoo.

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty 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 Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained a majority of twenty-two seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[6][7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
Democratic Alliance 24,69624,91749,61354.115722
ANC 13,69113,71927,41029.96612
Breedevallei Onafhanklik 3,9413,8727,8138.5044
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,2781,2802,5582.8011
Freedom Front Plus 5284721,0001.1011
People's Democratic Movement 4643898530.9011
ACDP 3823907720.8000
Civic Independent 2952315260.6000
Congress of the People 2062784840.5000
Independent 251–2510.30–0
UDM 901132030.2000
Patriotic Alliance 23871100.1000
Independent Civic Organisation 3546810.1000
Total 45,88045,79491,674212041
Valid votes 45,88045,79491,67498.9
Spoilt votes 5125351,0471.1
Total votes cast 46,39246,32992,721
Total voter turnout 46,440
Registered voters 77,483
Turnout percentage 59.9

The local council sends five representatives to the council of the Cape Winelands District Municipality: three from the Democratic Alliance and one each from the African National Congress and Breedevallei Onafhanklik.[9]

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "Breede Valley Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  5. Sum of the Main Places Zweletemba and Worcester from Census 2011.
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Breede Valley" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Breede Valley" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. "Voter Turnout Report: Breede Valley" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  9. "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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