Garden Route District Municipality

The Garden Route District Municipality (Afrikaans: Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit or Garden Route Distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route; formerly known as the Eden District Municipality[3]) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.

Garden Route

Eden
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Local municipalities within the Garden Route District
Coordinates: 33°45′S 22°00′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
SeatGeorge
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMemory Booysen (DA) (2016-)
Area
 • Total23,331 km2 (9,008 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total574,265
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African24.7%
 • Coloured54.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White19.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans70.8%
 • Xhosa18.3%
 • English7.5%
 • Other3.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC4

Geography

The Garden Route district covers an area of 23,331 square kilometres (9,008 sq mi) in the southeastern part of the Western Cape, covering the regions known as the Garden Route and the Little Karoo. It stretches to the Breede River mouth and the Langeberg mountains on the west, where it abuts the Overberg District Municipality and (for a short distance) the Cape Winelands District Municipality. To the north the boundary with the Central Karoo District Municipality runs along the Swartberg mountains. In the east the municipality runs up to the Eastern Cape provincial boundary.

The district is divided into seven local municipalities, described in the following table.

NameSeatPopulation
(2011)		Area
(km2)		Density
(inhabitants/km2)
Kannaland[4]Ladismith24,7674,7585.2
Hessequa[5]Riversdale52,6425,7339.2
Mossel Bay[6]Mossel Bay89,4302,01144.5
George[7]George193,6725,19137.3
Oudtshoorn[8]Oudtshoorn95,9333,53727.1
Bitou[9]Plettenberg Bay49,16299249.6
Knysna[10]Knysna68,6591,10961.9
Total574,26523,33124.6

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.[11] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

First language

LanguagePopulation%
Afrikaans397,46270.8%
Xhosa102,74018.3%
English42,2667.5%
Sotho3,4120.6%
Tswana2,6750.5%
Zulu1,9600.3%
Sign language1,8560.3%
Ndebele1,0140.2%
Tsonga7390.1%
Northern Sotho6540.1%
Venda5270.1%
Swazi2960.1%
Other5,6871.0%
Total561,288
Not applicable12,975

Race

RacePopulation%
Coloured 311,178 54.2%
Black African 141,830 24.7%
White 110,314 19.2%
Indian or Asian 2,526 0.4%
Other 8,418 1.5%
Total 574,265

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female 293,346 51.1%
Male 280,919 48.9%
Total 574,265

Age

Age groupPopulation%
0–453,3449.3%
5–947,8978.3%
10–1447,2228.2%
15–1947,5528.3%
20–2448,2188.4%
25–2950,1388.7%
30–3442,0287.3%
35–3941,6177.2%
40–4440,1887.0%
45–4935,2316.1%
50–5429,9215.2%
55–5924,7264.3%
60–6421,3223.7%
65–6916,4552.9%
70–7412,5252.2%
75–797,8451.4%
80–844,5590.8%
85+2,1620.4%
Total574,265

Politics

The council of the Garden Route District Municipality consists of thirty-five councillors. Fourteen councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twenty-one are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: six by George, four by Mossel Bay, three each by Oudtshoorn and Knysna, two each by Hessequa and Bitou, and one by Kannaland.

After the election of 3 August 2016 there are twenty-one councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA), twelve from the African National Congress (ANC), and one each from the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA) and the African Independent Congress (AIC).[12]

The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.[12]

Party Directly
elected		 Appointed by local councils Total
KannalandHessequaMossel BayGeorgeOudtshoornBitouKnysna
Democratic Alliance 8113321221
ANC 511211112
Independent Civic Organisation 11
African Independent Congress 11

The following table shows the results of the election of the fourteen directly elected councillors.[13][14]

PartyVotesVote %Seats
Democratic Alliance 106,24253.2%8
ANC 61,75530.9%5
Independent Civic Organisation 10,7915.4%1
Freedom Front Plus 3,9652.0%0
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,6041.8%0
African Independent Congress 3,3801.7%0
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners 2,5921.3%0
ACDP 2,4391.2%0
Congress of the People 1,8040.9%0
South African Religious Civic Organisation 1,0180.5%0
South Africa Civics 8580.4%0
Knysna Unity Congress 5250.3%0
Democratic New Civic Organisation 3780.2%0
Christian Democrats 3140.2%0
George Independent Ratepayers Forum 1630.1%0
Total199,82814
Valid votes199,82898.1%
Spoilt votes3,8191.9%
Total votes cast203,647
Registered voters326,165
Turnout percentage62.4%

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. "Eden DM officially changed to Garden Route District Municipality" (Press release). George: Garden Route District Municipality. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  4. "Kannaland Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. "Hessequa Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. "Mossel Bay Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. "George Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  8. "Oudtshoorn Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  9. "Bitou Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  10. "Knysna Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  11. Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through Stats SA SuperWEB Archived September 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  12. "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  13. "Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC4 - Eden" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  14. "Seat Calculation Detail: DC4 - Eden" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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