Cape Winelands District Municipality

The Cape Winelands District Municipality, formerly the Boland District Municipality, is a district municipality located in the Boland region of the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011, it had a population of 787,490.[1] The largest towns in the municipality are Paarl, Worcester, Stellenbosch and Wellington.

Cape Winelands

Kaapse Wynland

Brede River District
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Local municipalities within the Cape Winelands
Coordinates: 33°20′S 19°40′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
SeatWorcester
Local municipalities
List
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorHelena von Schlicht (DA)
Area
 • Total21,473 km2 (8,291 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total787,490
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African23.7%
 • Coloured62.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White12.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans74.8%
 • Xhosa16.6%
 • English4.3%
 • Sotho1.9%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC2

Geography
Stellenbosch office of the Cape Winelands District Municipality

The boundaries of this municipality, which covers an area of 22,289 square kilometres (8,606 sq mi),[3] coincide roughly with the boundaries of the geographical area that has been known since the early days of the Cape Colony as "The Boland". In Afrikaans Boland means "up land" or "the higher land" or "the land above" (i.e. in contrast to the low coastal areas of the original Dutch settlement at the Cape). However, the term "Boland", as originally used, was a loose concept, with no defined borders (cf. the informal but not meaningless terms "The Sahara" or "The Rocky Mountains"). The Boland is generally mountainous, with range after range of beautiful and isolated sandstone peaks reaching towards 2000m but also has broad, fertile valleys that are home to some of the country's finest vineyards.

The region has a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers are hot and cool, damp winters, with snow on the peaks during August and September. The diverse geography includes peaks, ranges, escarpments, valleys, cliffs, rivers, pools, waterfalls, screes, canyons, springs, forests, caves and other natural features.

The Cape Winelands District Municipality is divided into five local municipalities, which are described in the following table.

NameSeatPopulation
(2011)		Area
(km2)		Density
(inhabitants/km2)
Witzenberg[4]Ceres115,94610,75310.8
Drakenstein[5]Paarl251,2621,538163.4
Stellenbosch[6]Stellenbosch155,733831187.4
Breede Valley[7]Worcester166,8253,83343.5
Langeberg[8]Ashton97,7244,51821.6
Total787,49021,47336.7

Adjacent municipalities

Politics

The council of the Cape Winelands District Municipality consists of forty-one councillors, of whom seventeen are directly elected by party-list proportional representation. The other twenty-four councillors are appointed by the councils of the constituent local municipalities: eight by Drakenstein, five each by Stellenbosch and Breede Valley, and three each by Witzenberg and Langeberg.

After then elections of 3 August 2016 the Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained a majority of 27 seats on the council. The executive mayor is Dr Helena von Schlicht of the DA, and the deputy mayor is Dirk Swart, also of the DA.[9]

The following table shows the composition of the council after the 2016 election.[10]

Party Directly
elected		 Appointed by local councils Total
WitzenbergDrakensteinStellenboschBreede ValleyLangeberg
Democratic Alliance 112543227
ANC 51211111
Economic Freedom Fighters 112
Breedevallei Onafhanklik 11

The following table shows the results of the election of the seventeen directly-elected councillors.[11][12]

PartyVotesVote %Seats
Democratic Alliance 143,30561.511
ANC 61,93226.65
Economic Freedom Fighters 6,6332.81
Breedevallei Onafhanklik 3,6541.60
ACDP 2,6571.10
People's Democratic Movement 2,5251.10
Congress of the People 2,3501.00
Independent Civic Organisation 2,0980.90
Freedom Front Plus 1,9890.90
Witzenberg Aksie 1,2950.60
Democratic New Civic Association 9090.40
Langeberg Independent Party 8740.40
Alliance for Democratic Freedom 7990.30
Patriotic Alliance 6550.30
Federation of Democrats 5990.30
Nationalist Coloured Party 3160.10
United Franschhoek Valley 2810.10
Total232,87117
Valid votes232,87198.5
Spoilt votes3,6001.5
Total votes cast236,471
Registered voters388,899
Turnout percentage60.8

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.[13] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

First language

LanguagePopulation%
Afrikaans568,10074.8%
Xhosa126,08716.6%
English32,8154.3%
Sotho14,3091.9%
Sign language3,1540.4%
Tswana2,9790.4%
Zulu1,3310.2%
Ndebele9690.1%
Northern Sotho6780.1%
Tsonga4940.1%
Venda4490.1%
Swazi2950.0%
Other8,0871.1%
Total759,747
Not applicable27,744

Race

RacePopulation%
Coloured 489,189 62.1%
Black African 186,472 23.7%
White 101,491 12.9%
Indian or Asian 3,153 0.4%
Other 7,184 0.9%
Total 787,490

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female 399,278 50.7%
Male 388,212 49.3%
Total 787,490

Age

Age groupPopulation%
0–474,0129.4%
5–964,2528.2%
10–1465,2128.3%
15–1972,7479.2%
20–2484,09210.7%
25–2974,2129.4%
30–3458,5717.4%
35–3956,7197.2%
40–4455,9017.1%
45–4948,5516.2%
50–5439,8245.1%
55–5930,4043.9%
60–6422,5802.9%
65–6915,0971.9%
70–7410,8621.4%
75–797,0000.9%
80–844,1610.5%
85+1,9580.2%
Total787,490

References
  1. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Cape Winelands District Municipality". Municipal Demarcation Board. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. "Witzenberg Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. "Drakenstein Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. "Stellenbosch Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. "Breede Valley Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  8. "Langeberg Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  9. "Mayoral Committee". Cape Winelands District Municipality. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  10. "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  11. "Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC2 - Cape Winelands" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  12. "Seat Calculation Detail: DC2 - Cape Winelands" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  13. Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through Stats SA SuperWEB Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
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