Emthanjeni Local 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.[4] It is also a translation of the name of the municipality's seat, De Aar.

Emthanjeni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 30°40′S 24°0′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictPixley ka Seme
SeatDe Aar
Wards8
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBoy Kenneth Markman
Area
 • Total13,472 km2 (5,202 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total42,356
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African33.2%
 • Coloured57.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White8.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans70.3%
 • Xhosa23.8%
 • English2.3%
 • Other3.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC073

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Britstown37100261.473,843Afrikaans
De Aar37100484.2323,760Afrikaans
Hanover37100680.774,594Afrikaans
Mziwabantu3710011,081,302Xhosa/Afrikaans
Nonzwakazi3710051.276,230Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality37100313,243.482,626Afrikaans

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.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 8,3938,26416,65757.8729
Democratic Alliance 4,9505,0049,95434.6145
Economic Freedom Fighters 8308321,6625.8011
Freedom Front Plus 1421442861.0000
Congress of the People 1021492510.9000
Total 14,41714,39328,810100.08715
Spoilt votes 163188351

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emthanjeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Emthanjeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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