Siyathemba Local Municipality
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Siyathemba | |
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| Location in the Northern Cape Location in the Northern Cape | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat | Prieska |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Andrew Phillips |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,725 km2 (5,685 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 27,102 |
| • Density | 1.8405/km2 (4.7670/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 19.7% |
| • Coloured | 69.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
| • White | 9.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 93.7% |
| • Xhosa | 3.1% |
| • Other | 3.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC077 |
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Siyathemba Municipality (Afrikaans: Siyathemba Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Main places
[edit | edit source]The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E'Thembeni | 31301 | 2.14 | 3,073 | Afrikaans |
| Marydale | 31302 | 75.11 | 2,080 | Afrikaans |
| Niekerkshoop | 31303 | 31.01 | 2,001 | Afrikaans |
| Prieska | 31304 | 194.25 | 8,447 | Afrikaans |
| Westerberg | 31306 | 10.41 | 0 | - |
| Remainder of the municipality | 31305 | 7,938.90 | 1,920 | Afrikaans |
Politics
[edit | edit source]The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining five 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 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council.[5][6] The following table shows the results of the election.
| Siyathemba local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 3,289 | 3,310 | 6,599 | 44.4% | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Siyathemba Community Movement | 2,959 | 2,937 | 5,896 | 39.7% | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 950 | 942 | 1,892 | 12.7% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 200 | 221 | 421 | 2.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 27 | 27 | 54 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 7,425 | 7,437 | 14,862 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 7,425 | 7,437 | 14,862 | 98.8% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 91 | 94 | 185 | 1.2% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 7,516 | 7,531 | 15,047 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 7,539 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 12,434 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 60.6% | |||||||
References
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