Central Karoo District Municipality

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Central Karoo
Sentraal Karoo
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
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Local municipalities within the Central Karoo
Coordinates: 32°40′S22°15′E / 32.667°S 22.250°E / -32.667; 22.250
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
SeatBeaufort West
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorJ. Botha [2] (ANC)
Area
 • Total
38,854 km2 (15,002 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [3]
 • Total
71,011
 • Density1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[3]
 •  Black African 12.7%
 •  Coloured 76.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.4%
 •  White 10.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Afrikaans 87.2%
 •  Xhosa 7.8%
 •  English 2.6%
 • Other2.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC5

The Central Karoo District Municipality (Afrikaans : Sentraal Karoo-distriksmunisipaliteit) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.

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Geography

The Central Karoo District Municipality is divided into three local municipalities, which are described in the following table.

NameSeatPopulation
(2011)		Area
(km2)		Density
(inhabitants/km2)
Laingsburg [4] Laingsburg 8,2898,7840.94
Prince Albert [5] Prince Albert 13,1368,1531.61
Beaufort West [6] Beaufort West 49,58621,9172.26
Total71,01138,8541.83

Adjacent municipalities

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 Census. [7] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

First language

LanguagePopulation%
Afrikaans 60,07487.2%
Xhosa 5,3467.8%
English 1,7892.6%
Tswana 3990.6%
Sotho 3220.5%
Zulu 1820.3%
Sign language 1790.3%
Ndebele 1170.2%
Northern Sotho 930.1%
Venda 600.1%
Swazi 290.0%
Tsonga 180.0%
Other 3010.4%
Total68,909
Not applicable2,101

Race

RacePopulation%
Coloured 54,07676.2%
Black African 9,04512.7%
White 7,19710.1%
Indian or Asian 3000.4%
Other3940.6%
Total71,011

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female36,24451.0%
Male34,76749.0%
Total71,011

Age

Age groupPopulation%
0–47,67910.8%
5–97,0309.9%
10–146,9769.8%
15–196,1598.7%
20–245,6728.0%
25–295,3437.5%
30–344,7406.7%
35–394,7736.7%
40–444,7866.7%
45–494,2796.0%
50–543,8115.4%
55–593,0474.3%
60–642,3443.3%
65–691,6362.3%
70–741,2431.8%
75–797511.1%
80–844050.6%
85+2030.3%
Total71,011

Politics

The council of the Central Karoo District Municipality consists of thirteen councillors. Six councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and seven are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Beaufort West and one each by Laingsburg and Prince Albert.

As of February 2017 there are six councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA), four from the African National Congress (ANC), two from the Karoo Gemeenskap Party (KGP) and one from the Karoo Democratic Force (KDF). The DA, KGP and KDF are in a coalition which governs the council. [8] The following table shows the detailed composition of the council. [8]

PartyDirectly
elected		Appointed by local councilsTotal
LaingsburgPrince AlbertBeaufort West
DA 3126
ANC 224
Karoo Gemeenskap Party 112
Karoo Democratic Force011

The following table shows the results of the election of the six directly elected councillors. [9] [10]

PartyVotesVote %Seats
DA 11,03745.4%3
ANC 9,81140.4%2
Karoo Gemeenskap Party 1,8077.4%1
Karoo Democratic Force1,0014.1%0
EFF 2881.2%0
VF+ 2080.9%0
Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa 1340.6%0
Total24,2866
Valid votes24,28698.6%
Spoilt votes 3461.4%
Total votes cast24,632
Registered voters37,907
Turnout percentage65.0%

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Executive Mayor" . Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Laingsburg Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Prince Albert Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Beaufort West Local Municipality". The Local Government Handbook. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through Stats SA SuperWEB Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine .
  8. 1 2 "Political composition of councils February 2017" (PDF). Western Cape Department of Local Government. February 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC5 - Central Karoo" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: DC5 - Central Karoo" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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