Hantam Local Municipality

Hantam is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa.

Hantam
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 31°15′S 19°45′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictNamakwa
SeatCalvinia
Wards5
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMagdeline Dyers
Area
 • Total36,128 km2 (13,949 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total21,578
 • Density0.60/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African4.4%
 • Coloured82.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White12.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans96.7%
 • English1.1%
 • Other2.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC065

Hatam is a Khoi name that means "mountains where the bulbs grow". The municipality is named after the Hantam Mountains found in the area.[4]

Main places

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

PlaceCodePopulationArea (km2)
Brandvlei3660012,85929.3
Calvinia3660059,680154.5
Loeriesfontein3660032,74434.5
Nieuwoudtville3660042,09326.3
Tankwa Karoo National Park36600628267.9
Remainder3660024,17535,615.7
Total21,57836,128.0

Politics

The municipal council consists of nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining four 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 five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 4,1664,2228,38848.8325
Democratic Alliance 3,1633,2016,36437.0224
Congress of the People 3543497034.1000
Freedom Front Plus 3213196403.7000
Independent 382–3822.20–0
Khoisan Revolution 1541773311.9000
Economic Freedom Fighters 102982001.2000
Hantam Ontwikkelings Forum 851041891.1000
Total 8,7278,47017,197100.0549
Spoilt votes 87163250

In a by-election held on 7 August 2019, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by the ANC candidate. Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 426
Democratic Alliance 123
Total 549

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. "Hantam Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Hantam" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Hantam" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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