Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality

Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Ga-Segonyana
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°40′S 23°30′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
SeatKuruman
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorVictor Makoke
Area
 • Total4,492 km2 (1,734 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total93,652
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African87.0%
 • Coloured7.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White4.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana79.2%
 • Afrikaans12.9%
 • English2.9%
 • Southern Ndebele1.0%
 • Other4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC452

Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman.[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware68101459.5337,270
Ga Mohana381012.833,674
Gathlose38103498.52116
Kudumane68102198.0614,033
Kuruman Part 16810332.220
Kuruman Part 23810493.619,824
Mothibistad681042.934,626
Remainder of the municipality381023,197.71849

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 17,95218,26436,21665.113518
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,1785,33310,51118.9055
Democratic Alliance 2,8682,9425,81010.4123
Congress of the People 7825501,3322.4011
Independent 715–7151.30–0
Freedom Front Plus 2672965631.0000
United Christian Democratic Party 2222985200.9000
Total 27,98427,68355,667100.0141327
Spoilt votes 426510936

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: Ga-Segonyana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Ga-Segonyana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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