Renosterberg Local Municipality

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Renosterberg
Local municipality
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Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 30°15′S24°30′E / 30.250°S 24.500°E / -30.250; 24.500
Country South Africa
Province Northern Cape
District Pixley ka Seme
Seat Petrusville
Wards 5
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorAndrew Samson
Area
 • Total
5,527 km2 (2,134 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
 • Total
10,843
 • Density2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
[2]
 •  Black African 28.8%
 •  Coloured 56.7%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.1%
 •  White 13.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Afrikaans 71.4%
 •  Xhosa 24.0%
 •  English 1.5%
 •  Sotho 1.3%
 • Other1.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC075

Renosterberg Municipality (Afrikaans : Renosterberg Munisipaliteit; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Renosterberg) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Lukhanyisweni 31101 1.05716 Xhosa
Petrusville 31102 59.202,768 Afrikaans
Phillipstown 31103 1.832,062Afrikaans
Thembinkosi 31105 0.21816Xhosa
Vanderkloof 31106 5.921,011Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 31104 5,461.751,698Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in five wards, while the remaining four 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 five seats on the council. [4] [5]

The following table shows the results of the election.

Renosterberg local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 2,4782,4444,92253.0%415
Democratic Alliance 1,3331,3362,66928.7%123
Economic Freedom Fighters 6416681,30914.1%011
Freedom Front Plus 1811883694.0%000
Independent candidates 16–160.2%0–0
Total4,6494,6369,285549
Valid votes4,6494,6369,28598.6%
Spoilt votes 62711331.4%
Total votes cast4,7114,7079,418
Voter turnout4,713
Registered voters6,889
Turnout percentage68.4%

Financial mismanagement

On 26 September 2024 Renosterberg local municipality senior managers were taken to court over R73.5 million rands of worker's pension funds that were never paid to the administration. The mayor stated that workers may not be able to access their funds due to the municipality's financial problems. [6]

In January 2025, the municipality was listed as one of the top ten municipalities in arrears on their pension contributions. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ↑ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ↑ https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2024-09-25-three-managers-up-for-r735m-pension-fraud/
  7. ↑ Banda, Michelle (30 January 2025). "Free State's Mafube Municipality owes workers' pension fund R14m, racks up R113m in arrears". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 3 February 2025.


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