Sol Plaatje Local Municipality
Sol Plaatje | |
|---|---|
| Location in the Northern Cape Location in the Northern Cape | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Frances Baard |
| Seat | Kimberley |
| Wards | 31 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Kagisho Dante Sonyoni[1] (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 270,078 |
| • Density | 85.88/km2 (222.4/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 62.0% |
| • Coloured | 27.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.3% |
| • White | 8.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 45.2% |
| • Tswana | 33.2% |
| • English | 8.0% |
| • Xhosa | 5.6% |
| • Other | 8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC091 |
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Sol Plaatje Municipality (Afrikaans: Sol Plaatje Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sol Plaatje) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.
Main places
[edit | edit source]The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galeshewe | 383005 | 15.24 | 107,920 |
| Kimberley | 383006 | 142.77 | 96,977 |
| Motswedimosa | 383008 | 0.86 | 7,240 |
| Platfontein | 383004 | 1.77 | 5,185 |
| Ritchie | 383007 | 23.93 | 7,610 |
| Roodepan | 383003 | 6.28 | 20,263 |
| Vaalbos National Park | 383001 | 110.13 | 0 |
| Non-urban areas | 383002 | 2,844.41 | 2,846 |
| Total | 3,145.39 | 248,041 | |
Politics
[edit | edit source]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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-three seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Sol Plaatje local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 30,837 | 30,913 | 61,750 | 50.2% | 27 | 6 | 33 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 12,591 | 12,702 | 25,293 | 20.5% | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,600 | 5,994 | 11,594 | 9.4% | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Sol- Plaatjie Service Delivery Forum | 2,645 | 2,923 | 5,568 | 4.5% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 2,577 | 2,834 | 5,411 | 4.4% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2,243 | 2,096 | 4,339 | 3.5% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Good | 2,092 | 2,099 | 4,191 | 3.4% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,648 | – | 1,648 | 1.3% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 570 | 456 | 1,026 | 0.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 183 | 394 | 577 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 274 | 269 | 543 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 234 | 251 | 485 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa's New Dawn | 135 | 147 | 282 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spectrum National Party | 129 | 91 | 220 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Economic Emancipation Forum | 121 | 64 | 185 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 61,879 | 61,233 | 123,112 | 33 | 32 | 65 | ||
| Valid votes | 61,879 | 61,233 | 123,112 | 98.4% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 907 | 1,097 | 2,004 | 1.6% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 62,786 | 62,330 | 125,116 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 63,026 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 128,236 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 49.1% | |||||||
Mayors
[edit | edit source]- Maria Chwarisang
- Patrick Lenyibi
- Patrick Everyday
- Agnes Ntlhangula
- David Molusi[8]
- Mangaliso Matika[9][10]
- Pule Thabane[11]
- Patrick Mabilo[12]
- Kagisho Dante Sonyoni
References
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- ^ Halata, C. 2013. City gets new mayor: Molusi takes over Sol. Diamond Fields Advertiser 19 Dec 2013 pp 1-2
- ^ New Mayor for Sol Plaatje Diamond Fields Advertiser 22 August 2016, p1
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External links
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