Phokwane Local Municipality

Phokwane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. The name means "small Billy goat" in Setswana.[4]

Phokwane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°50′S 24°50′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatHartswater
Wards10
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorVuyisile Khen
Area
 • Total834 km2 (322 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total63,000
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African81.9%
 • Coloured11.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White6.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana66.6%
 • Afrikaans18.9%
 • Xhosa5.6%
 • English3.9%
 • Other5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC094

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Banksdrif3860011.1505
Ganspan3860061.22,301
Hartswater38600310.810,465
Jan Kempdorp38600519.124,220
Pampierstad38600410.421,707
Remainder386002791.33,802
Total833.963,000

Politics

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

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 11,06910,87621,94560.49312
Democratic Alliance 3,1723,1906,36217.5123
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,4282,3394,76713.1033
African Independent Congress 5697301,2993.6011
Azanian People's Organisation 3743437172.0000
Freedom Front Plus 3413426831.9000
Congress of the People 2852745591.5000
Total 18,23818,09436,332100.010919
Spoilt votes 4844521,026

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. "Phokwane Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Phokwane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Phokwane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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