Ubuntu Local Municipality

Ubuntu Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Ubuntu
Local municipality
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 31°20′S 23°00′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictPixley ka Seme
SeatVictoria West
Wards4
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAmelia Kweleta (ANC)
Area
 • Total20,389 km2 (7,872 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total18,601
 • Density0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African21.3%
 • Coloured69.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White7.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans82.7%
 • Xhosa12.5%
 • English1.8%
 • Other3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC071

Its seat is Victoria West; other towns in the municipality are Richmond, Loxton and two small railway villages Hutchinson and Merriman.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Hutchinson3690072.0367Afrikaans
Loxton36900677.61,053Afrikaans
Merriman3690010.578Afrikaans
Richmond36900382.73,793Afrikaans
Sabelo3690040.41,329Xhosa
Victoria West36900578.98,254Afrikaans
Remainder36900220,147.13,727Afrikaans
Total20,389.218,601Afrikaans

Criticism

The Ubuntu Municipality has been criticised for illegal traffic fines and harassing motorists.[5][6]

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 no party obtained a majority on the council; the Democratic Alliance (DA) formed a coalition with two independents to govern the municipality.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 2,5472,7585,30542.0123
Democratic Alliance 1,7172,2223,93931.2112
Independent 1,736–1,73613.82–2
Congress of the People 788259037.2000
Economic Freedom Fighters 2053295344.2000
Freedom Front Plus 691342031.6000
Total 6,3526,26812,620100.0437
Spoilt votes 156243399

In August 2017 the ANC took over the council after the DA-Independent coalition collapsed. One of the independent councillors joined with the ANC in a vote of no confidence in the independent mayor. The two DA councillors abstained. ANC councillor Amelia Kweleta was then elected mayor.[9]

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. "Ubuntu Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  5. "Money-grubbing municipalities". News24.com. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  6. Lunga Biyela (2010-09-01). "Officials harass drivers over paid fines". News24. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ubuntu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Ubuntu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  9. Norma, Wildenboer (21 August 2017). "ANC back in control in Ubuntu - DFA". Diamond Fields Advertiser. Retrieved 23 August 2017.


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