Ubuntu Local Municipality
Ubuntu
Oeboentoe, in Afrikaans orthography | |
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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 | Victoria West |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Amelia Kweleta (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,389 km2 (7,872 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 15,836 |
| • Density | 0.77669/km2 (2.0116/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 20.5% |
| • Coloured | 70.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
| • White | 8.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 82.7% |
| • Xhosa | 12.5% |
| • English | 1.8% |
| • Other | 3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC071 |
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Ubuntu Municipality (Afrikaans: Ubuntu Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Ubuntu) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Its seat is Victoria West. Other towns in the municipality are Richmond, Loxton and two small railway villages Hutchinson and Merriman.
Main places
[edit | edit source]The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson | 369007 | 2.0 | 367 | Afrikaans |
| Loxton | 369006 | 77.6 | 1,053 | Afrikaans |
| Merriman | 369001 | 0.5 | 78 | Afrikaans |
| Richmond | 369003 | 82.7 | 3,793 | Afrikaans |
| Sabelo | 369004 | 0.4 | 1,329 | Xhosa |
| Victoria West | 369005 | 78.9 | 8,254 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder | 369002 | 20,147.1 | 3,727 | Afrikaans |
| Total | 20,389.2 | 18,601 | Afrikaans | |
Criticism
[edit | edit source]The Ubuntu Municipality has been criticised for illegal traffic fines and harassing motorists.[5][6]
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 six 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7][8]
| Ubuntu local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 3,515 | 3,545 | 7,060 | 61.5% | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,584 | 1,756 | 3,340 | 29.1% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 218 | 221 | 439 | 3.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 170 | 184 | 354 | 3.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 286 | – | 286 | 2.5% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 5,773 | 5,706 | 11,479 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 5,773 | 5,706 | 11,479 | 97.8% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 94 | 161 | 255 | 2.2% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 5,867 | 5,867 | 11,734 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 5,870 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 9,678 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 60.7% | |||||||
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