Stellenbosch Municipality is the local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch,Franschhoek and Pniel,and the surrounding rural areas,in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It covers an area of 831 square kilometres (321 sq mi),and as of 2011 had a population of 155,733 people in 43,420 households. It falls within the Cape Winelands District Municipality.
Bitou Municipality,formerly known as Plettenberg Bay Municipality,is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality,in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is WC047.
Beaufort West Municipality is a local municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011,the population is 49,586. Its municipality code is WC053.
Overstrand Municipality is a local municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located along the Atlantic coast between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas,within the Overberg District Municipality. The principal towns in the municipality are Hermanus,Gansbaai and Kleinmond. As of 2011,it had a population of 80,432.
Prince Albert Municipality is a local municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The Central Karoo District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.
Kannaland Municipality is a local municipality located within the Garden Route District Municipality,in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The municipal area is situated in the western part of the Little Karoo and includes the towns of Ladismith,Calitzdorp and Zoar. As of 2011,it has a population of 24,767. Its municipality code is WC041.
Laingsburg Municipality is a local municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011,the population is 8,289. Its municipality code is WC051.
The City of Cape Town is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of Cape Town and surrounding areas. As of the 2016 community survey,it had a population of 4,005,016.
Municipal elections were held in South Africa on 1 March 2006,to elect members to the local governing councils in the municipalities of South Africa. The municipalities form the local government of South Africa and are subdivisions of the provinces,thus making them responsible for local service delivery,such as electricity,water and fire services.
Karoo Hoogland Municipality is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality,in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality incorporates the towns of Williston,Fraserburg and Sutherland. Although the towns are separated by more than 100 km by road,they share many administrative tasks.
The Karoo Gemeenskap Party was formed in 2010 and is a small South African regional political party,active in parts of the Karoo.
The Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA) is a minor South African political party. It was founded by former Karoo District Municipality manager Truman Prince,who was expelled from the African National Congress (ANC) in 2006. He was reinstated as municipal manager by the municipal council in June,2007,after a protracted legal battle,but was fired from his post in August of that same year through provincial vote. Convicted child rapist Jeffrey Donson,formerly of the National People's Party (NPP),was president of ICOSA until his expulsion in November 2023.
The 2016 South African municipal elections were held on 3 August 2016,to elect councils for all district,metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. It was the fifth municipal election held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994;municipal elections are held every five years.
The 2021 South African municipal elections were held on 1 November 2021,to elect councils for all district,metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. It is the sixth municipal election held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994,held every five years. The previous municipal elections were held in 2016. On 21 April 2021,President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the elections will be held on Wednesday,27 October 2021. It had been recommend by Dikgang Moseneke to delay the municipal elections until 2022. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) requested the Constitutional Court to support the date postponement. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supported the date postponement while the Democratic Alliance (DA) was against the postponement of the date. The Constitutional Court dismissed the application to postpone the date until 2022,ruling that they had to take place between 27 October and 1 November. On 9 September 2021,the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs,Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma announced that the elections would be held on 1 November.
Eleanore Rochelle Jacquelene Spies is a South African politician,currently a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance,and the current Shadow Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
Nicholas Georg Myburgh is a South African farmer,lawyer and politician for the Democratic Alliance. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2021. Myburgh had previously served as the Executive Mayor of the Swellendam Local Municipality from 2011 to 2021.
Gesina Maria Magdalena "Gesie" van Deventer is a South African politician,farmer and advocate who has served as the Executive Mayor of the Stellenbosch Local Municipality since 2016. A member of the Democratic Alliance,she previously served as the Executive Mayor of the neighbouring Drakenstein Local Municipality from 2011 to 2016.
The Prince Albert Local Municipality 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 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority of seats.
Mpho Louisa Phalatse is a South African medical doctor and politician who was the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. A member of the Democratic Alliance,she served in the position from 22 November 2021 until her ousting in a motion of no-confidence on 26 January 2023. She is the first woman to serve as mayor of the metropolitan municipality,which was established in 2000. She is the first black woman to serve as mayor of the city of Johannesburg and only the second female mayor of the city after Jessie McPherson,who served from 1945 to 1946.
