Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality

Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality
Local municipality
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	ZF Mgcawu
Seat	Upington
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Area [1]
• Total	44,231 km2 (17,078 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	100,497
• Density	2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC087

Dawid Kruiper Municipality (Afrikaans : Dawid Kruiper Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Mier and //Khara Hais local municipalities. ^[2] The municipality is named after the San politician Dawid Kruiper.

Demographics

According to the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 125,744 people, representing an increase from 100,498 in 2011. Of these, 70.7% identified as "Coloured," 19.7% as "Black African," and 8.5% as "White." ^[3]

Politics

Main article: Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 eighteen seats on the council. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The following table shows the results of the election.

Dawid Kruiper local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	17,470	17,262	34,732	55.1%	14	4	18
	Democratic Alliance	10,991	11,169	22,160	35.2%	3	9	12
	Khoisan Revolution	927	1,017	1,944	3.1%	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	786	771	1,557	2.5%	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	523	556	1,079	1.7%	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	305	365	670	1.1%	0	0	0
	Independent South African National Civic Organisation	166	168	334	0.5%	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	147	123	270	0.4%	0	0	0
	Africa Restoration Alliance	72	68	140	0.2%	0	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	63	–	63	0.1%	0	–	0
	African Transformation Movement	15	28	43	0.1%	0	0	0
Total		31,465	31,527	62,992		17	16	33
Valid votes		31,465	31,527	62,992	98.4%
Spoilt votes		490	555	1,045	1.6%
Total votes cast		31,955	32,082	64,037
Voter turnout		32,259
Registered voters		59,509
Turnout percentage		54.2%

References

1. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Mier, //Khara Hais.
2. "The Local Government Handbook" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
3. https://citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/northern_cape/NC087__dawid_kruiper/
4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dawid Kruiper". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
5. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

• Official website

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