Central Karoo District Municipality

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.

Central Karoo

Sentraal Karoo
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Local municipalities within the Central Karoo
Coordinates: 32°40′S 22°15′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
Local municipalities
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Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorDr / Cllr A. Rabie
Area
 • Total38,854 km2 (15,002 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total71,011
 • Density1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African12.7%
 • Coloured76.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White10.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans87.2%
 • Xhosa7.8%
 • English2.6%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC5

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]Laingsburg8,2898,7840.94
Prince Albert[5]Prince Albert13,1368,1531.61
Beaufort West[6]Beaufort West49,58621,9172.26
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%
Afrikaans60,07487.2%
Xhosa5,3467.8%
English1,7892.6%
Tswana3990.6%
Sotho3220.5%
Zulu1820.3%
Sign language1790.3%
Ndebele1170.2%
Northern Sotho930.1%
Venda600.1%
Swazi290.0%
Tsonga180.0%
Other3010.4%
Total68,909
Not applicable2,101

Race

RacePopulation%
Coloured 54,076 76.2%
Black African 9,045 12.7%
White 7,197 10.1%
Indian or Asian 300 0.4%
Other 394 0.6%
Total 71,011

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Female 36,244 51.0%
Male 34,767 49.0%
Total 71,011

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]

Party Directly
elected		 Appointed by local councils Total
LaingsburgPrince AlbertBeaufort West
Democratic Alliance 3126
ANC 224
Karoo Gemeenskap Party 112
Karoo Democratic Force 011

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

PartyVotesVote %Seats
Democratic Alliance 11,03745.4%3
ANC 9,81140.4%2
Karoo Gemeenskap Party 1,8077.4%1
Karoo Democratic Force 1,0014.1%0
Economic Freedom Fighters 2881.2%0
Freedom Front Plus 2080.9%0
Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa 1340.6%0
Total24,2866
Valid votes24,28698.6%
Spoilt votes3461.4%
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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  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. "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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