Dikgatlong Local 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.[4]

Dikgatlong
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 24°15′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatBarkly West
Wards7
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRuth Gopane
Area
 • Total7,315 km2 (2,824 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total46,841
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African58.5%
 • Coloured28.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White3.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana52.7%
 • Afrikaans39.2%
 • English2.1%
 • Sotho1.7%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC092

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Barkly West38401370.68,258
Delportshoop38400566.84,788
Gong-Gong3840125.71,045
Holpan3840070.6646
Kutlwano3840030.73,959
Longlands3840106.42,933
Mataleng3840142.511,847
Pniel Estate3840151.0695
Sydney on Vaal3840090.633
Tidimalo3840061.05,558
Ulco3840049.9860
Vaalbos National Park384011112.50
Vaal-Gamagara3840080.9198
Windsorton38400250.42,291
Remainder3840016,985.23,727
Total7,314.746,841

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.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 9,0599,07818,13766.6729
Democratic Alliance 2,3632,4104,77317.5022
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,6401,6803,32012.2022
Freedom Front Plus 1891903791.4000
Congress of the People 1701983681.4000
Independent 246–2460.90–0
Total 13,66713,55627,223100.07613
Spoilt votes 257379636

In a by-election held on 26 April 2017, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[8] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 628
Democratic Alliance 022
Economic Freedom Fighters 022
Independent 1–1
Total 7613

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. South African Languages - Place names
  5. "Dikgatlong Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Dikgatlong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Dikgatlong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. "29 Apr ANC lost ward 2 at Dikgatlong Municipality during by-elections". SABC News. 29 April 2017.
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