Phokwane | |
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Coordinates: 27°50′S24°50′E / 27.833°S 24.833°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | Frances Baard |
Seat | Hartswater |
Wards | 10 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Vuyisile Khen |
Area | |
• Total | 834 km2 (322 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 63,000 |
• Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 81.9% |
• Coloured | 11.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 6.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 66.6% |
• Afrikaans | 18.9% |
• Xhosa | 5.6% |
• English | 3.9% |
• Other | 5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NC094 |
Phokwane Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Phokwane; Afrikaans : Phokwane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name means "small Billy goat" in Setswana. [4]
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Banksdrif | 386001 | 1.1 | 505 |
Ganspan | 386006 | 1.2 | 2,301 |
Hartswater | 386003 | 10.8 | 10,465 |
Jan Kempdorp | 386005 | 19.1 | 24,220 |
Pampierstad | 386004 | 10.4 | 21,707 |
Remainder | 386002 | 791.3 | 3,802 |
Total | 833.9 | 63,000 |
The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats on the council. [6] [7] The following table shows the results of the election.
Phokwane local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
African National Congress | 7,509 | 7,486 | 14,995 | 47.2% | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,679 | 3,746 | 7,425 | 23.4% | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,833 | 1,858 | 3,691 | 11.6% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 931 | 901 | 1,832 | 5.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Phokwane Service Delivery Forum | 498 | 571 | 1,069 | 3.4% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Forum for Service Delivery | 338 | 404 | 742 | 2.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Patriotic Front of Azania | 294 | 408 | 702 | 2.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patriotic Alliance | 167 | 216 | 383 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent candidates | 372 | – | 372 | 1.2% | 0 | – | 0 | |
Azanian People's Organisation | 144 | 148 | 292 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African People First | 111 | – | 111 | 0.3% | 0 | – | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 48 | 56 | 104 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Christian Democratic Party | 34 | 35 | 69 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 15,958 | 15,829 | 31,787 | 10 | 9 | 19 | ||
Valid votes | 15,958 | 15,829 | 31,787 | 97.3% | ||||
Spoilt votes | 455 | 442 | 897 | 2.7% | ||||
Total votes cast | 16,413 | 16,271 | 32,684 | |||||
Voter turnout | 16,440 | |||||||
Registered voters | 32,409 | |||||||
Turnout percentage | 50.7% |
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