Emthanjeni Local Municipality

Emthanjeni Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Emthanjeni is a Xhosa name meaning a "vein", symbolising the importance of an underground water supply system to the area.[4] It is also a translation of the name of the municipality's seat, De Aar.

Emthanjeni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 30°40′S 24°0′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Pixley ka Seme
Seat	De Aar
Wards	8
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Boy Kenneth Markman
Area
• Total	13,472 km^2 (5,202 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	42,356
• Density	3.1/km^2 (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	33.2%
• Coloured	57.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	8.0%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	70.3%
• Xhosa	23.8%
• English	2.3%
• Other	3.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC073

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Britstown	371002	61.47	3,843	Afrikaans
De Aar	371004	84.23	23,760	Afrikaans
Hanover	371006	80.77	4,594	Afrikaans
Mziwabantu	371001	1,08	1,302	Xhosa/Afrikaans
Nonzwakazi	371005	1.27	6,230	Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality	371003	13,243.48	2,626	Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	8,393	8,264	16,657	57.8	7	2	9
	Democratic Alliance	4,950	5,004	9,954	34.6	1	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	830	832	1,662	5.8	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	142	144	286	1.0	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	102	149	251	0.9	0	0	0
Total		14,417	14,393	28,810	100.0	8	7	15
Spoilt votes		163	188	351

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. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emthanjeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Emthanjeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

External links

• Official website