Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality
Ga-Segonyana | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 27°40′S 23°30′E / 27.667°S 23.500°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
| Seat | Kuruman |
| Wards | 15 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Victor Makoke |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,492 km2 (1,734 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 93,652 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 87.0% |
| • Coloured | 7.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 4.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 79.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 12.9% |
| • English | 2.9% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 1.0% |
| • Other | 4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC452 |
Ga-Segonyana Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Ga-Segonyana; Afrikaans: Ga-Segonyana Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman.[4]
Main places
[edit]The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware | 68101 | 459.53 | 37,270 |
| Ga Mohana | 38101 | 2.83 | 3,674 |
| Gathlose | 38103 | 498.52 | 116 |
| Kudumane | 68102 | 198.06 | 14,033 |
| Kuruman Part 1 | 68103 | 32.22 | 0 |
| Kuruman Part 2 | 38104 | 93.61 | 9,824 |
| Mothibistad | 68104 | 2.93 | 4,626 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 38102 | 3,197.71 | 849 |
Politics
[edit]The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 seventeen seats on the council.[6][7]
The following table shows the results of the election.
| Ga-Segonyana local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 11,702 | 12,233 | 23,935 | 55.5% | 14 | 3 | 17 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,482 | 4,815 | 9,297 | 21.5% | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,408 | 2,421 | 4,829 | 11.2% | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,648 | – | 1,648 | 3.8% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| South African Royal Kingdoms Organization | 375 | 501 | 876 | 2.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 208 | 488 | 696 | 1.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 242 | 361 | 603 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 222 | 228 | 450 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 199 | 216 | 415 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 114 | 262 | 376 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 2 | 27 | 29 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 21,602 | 21,552 | 43,154 | 15 | 14 | 29 | ||
| Valid votes | 21,602 | 21,552 | 43,154 | 97.8% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 476 | 516 | 992 | 2.2% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 22,078 | 22,068 | 44,146 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 22,176 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 50,908 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 43.6% | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
