Sol Plaatje Local Municipality

The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Frances Baard District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.

Sol Plaatje
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatKimberley
Wards31
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPatrick Mabilo (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total248,041
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African61.2%
 • Coloured27.4%
 • Indian/Asian1.2%
 • White7.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans45.2%
 • Tswana33.2%
 • English8.0%
 • Xhosa5.6%
 • Other8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC091

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Galeshewe38300515.24107,920
Kimberley383006142.7796,977
Motswedimosa3830080.867,240
Platfontein3830041.775,185
Ritchie38300723.937,610
Roodepan3830036.2820,263
Vaalbos National Park383001110.130
Non-urban areas3830022,844.412,846
Total3,145.39248,041

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 thirty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 44,15844,75788,91557.7211738
Democratic Alliance 22,40623,12845,53429.611819
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,7285,80511,5337.5055
Congress of the People 1,1911,1782,3691.5011
Independent 2,357–2,3571.51–1
Freedom Front Plus 8598961,7551.1011
ACDP 5125251,0370.7000
Azanian People's Organisation 1923365280.3000
Total 77,40376,625154,028100.0333265
Spoilt votes 9219801,901

In by-elections held on 13 February 2019, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[6] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 201737
Democratic Alliance 11819
Economic Freedom Fighters 055
Independent 2–2
Congress of the People 011
Freedom Front Plus 011
Total 333265

Mayors

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. "Sol Plaatje Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Sol Plaatje" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Sol Plaatje" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. "ANC quash Sol Plaatje rebellion in latest round of by-elections". Daily Maverick. 14 February 2019. one independent candidate and former ANC ward councillor was able to win back their seat in the by-election
  7. Halata, C. 2013. City gets new mayor: Molusi takes over Sol. Diamond Fields Advertiser 19 Dec 2013 pp 1-2
  8. New Mayor for Sol Plaatje Diamond Fields Advertiser 22 August 2016, p1
  9. http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sol-plaatje-municipality-mayor-matika-removed/
  10. https://mg.co.za/article/2018-07-30-75-schools-closed-in-kimberley-as-violent-protests-pick-up
  11. KwonHoo, Sandi (29 November 2018). "Mabilo is new mayor". DFA. Retrieved 12 December 2019.


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