Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality

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Dr Beyers Naudé
Map of the Eastern Cape with Dr Beyers Naude highlighted (2016).svg
Location of the municipality within the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°14′53″S24°32′06″E / 32.248°S 24.535°E / -32.248; 24.535
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Sarah Baartman
Seat Graaff-Reinet
Wards 14
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorEwald Loock (DA)
  SpeakerLaughton Hoffman (CSA)
Area
[2]
  Total28,653 km2 (11,063 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total79,291
  Density2.8/km2 (7.2/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 23.6%
   Coloured 66.9%
   Indian/Asian 0.4%
   White 8.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
   Afrikaans 80.3%
   Xhosa 14.8%
   English 3.2%
  Other1.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC101

Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality (Afrikaans : Dr Beyers Naudé Munisipaliteit; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Dr Beyers Naudé) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality was established by merging the Camdeboo, Ikwezi and Baviaans local municipalities. The decision to merge the municipalities was taken by the Municipal Demarcation Board in 2015 but only took effect after municipal elections on 3 August 2016. The new municipality is named after the Afrikaner cleric and anti-apartheid activist Beyers Naudé. [3] Its seat is in Graaff-Reinet. The merger was motivated by political interests because the ruling party, the African National Congress, was losing support in the area. One of the municipalities, Baviaans, was already governed by the opposition Democratic Alliance.

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Geography and people

The new municipality covers an area of 28,653 square kilometres (11,063 sq mi) at the western end of the Eastern Cape province, from the Sneeuberge in the north to the Baviaanskloof in the south. It is a sparsely populated area, with a population of 79,291 giving a density of only 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.3/sq mi). [2]

80.3% of residents of the municipality speak Afrikaans as their home language, while 14.8% speak Xhosa and 3.2% speak English. 66.9% described themselves as "Coloured", 23.6% as "Black African", and 8.7% as "White". [2]

The principal town in the municipal area is Graaff-Reinet, with a population of approximately 35,000. Other towns include Willowmore, Aberdeen, Jansenville, Steytlerville and Klipplaat.

Government and politics

The municipal council consists of 24 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 12 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 12 wards, while the remaining 12 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 won a majority of seats on the council. On 23 November 2021, a DA-led coalition took control of the municipality. [4]

The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

Dr Beyers Naudé local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 8,6668,59517,26146.8%7411
Democratic Alliance 7,2537,33014,58339.6%5510
Economic Freedom Fighters 7827601,5424.2%011
Compatriots of South Africa 6566751,3313.6%011
Freedom Front Plus 5675461,1133.0%011
Independent candidates 1801800.5%00
3 other parties3315278582.3%000
Total18,43518,43336,868121224
Valid votes18,43518,43336,86898.3%
Spoilt votes 3632726351.7%
Total votes cast18,79818,70537,503
Voter turnout18,818
Registered voters39,913
Turnout percentage47.1%

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Camdeboo, Ikwezi, and Baviaans.
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