Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality

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

Karoo Hoogland
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 31°45′S 21°15′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictNamakwa
SeatWilliston
Wards4
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorVeruschska Wentzel (ANC)
Area
 • Total32,274 km2 (12,461 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total12,588
 • Density0.39/km2 (1.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African5.5%
 • Coloured78.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White14.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans96.3%
 • English1.3%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC066

Hoogland an Afrikaans word meaning "highland" and Karoo is a Khoi word meaning "hard" or "dry". The name reflects the area which has dry, arid and desert-like conditions.[4]

The municipality incorporates the towns of Williston, Fraserburg and Sutherland. Although the towns are separated by more than 100 km by road, they share many administrative tasks.

Karoo Hoogland elected the first (and so far only) mayor from COPE, Jan Julies, in 2011, as a COPE-DA coalition took control of the council after the election of 18 May 2011.[5] This lasted until the 2016 elections.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Fraserburg36700398.93,029
Sutherland36700436.02,836
Williston36700177.93,368
Remainder36700232,061.13,356
Total32,273.912,588

Politics

The municipal council consists of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three 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 four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 2,4012,4294,83054.4314
Democratic Alliance 1,3401,4412,78131.3112
Congress of the People 3233326557.4011
Freedom Front Plus 1131242372.7000
Economic Freedom Fighters 84821661.9000
Independent 164–1641.90–0
Civic Independent 1231430.5000
Total 4,4374,4398,876100.0437
Spoilt votes 7172143

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. "First COPE mayor sworn in". IOL. Sapa. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  6. "Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Karoo Hoogland" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Karoo Hoogland" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
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