Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality

Karoo Hoogland is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa.

Karoo Hoogland
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 31°45′S 21°15′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Namakwa
Seat	Williston
Wards	4
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Veruschska Wentzel (ANC)
Area
• Total	32,274 km^2 (12,461 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	12,588
• Density	0.39/km^2 (1.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	5.5%
• Coloured	78.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	14.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	96.3%
• English	1.3%
• Other	2.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC066

Hoogland an Afrikaans word meaning "highland" and Karoo is a Khoi word meaning "hard" or "dry". The name reflects the area which has dry, arid and desert-like conditions.[4]

The municipality incorporates the towns of Williston, Fraserburg and Sutherland. Although the towns are separated by more than 100 km by road, they share many administrative tasks.

Karoo Hoogland elected the first (and so far only) mayor from COPE, Jan Julies, in 2011, as a COPE-DA coalition took control of the council after the election of 18 May 2011.[5] This lasted until the 2016 elections.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Fraserburg	367003	98.9	3,029
Sutherland	367004	36.0	2,836
Williston	367001	77.9	3,368
Remainder	367002	32,061.1	3,356
Total		32,273.9	12,588

Politics

The municipal council consists of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three 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 four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	2,401	2,429	4,830	54.4	3	1	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,340	1,441	2,781	31.3	1	1	2
	Congress of the People	323	332	655	7.4	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	113	124	237	2.7	0	0	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	84	82	166	1.9	0	0	0
	Independent	164	–	164	1.9	0	–	0
	Civic Independent	12	31	43	0.5	0	0	0
Total		4,437	4,439	8,876	100.0	4	3	7
Spoilt votes		71	72	143

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. "First COPE mayor sworn in". IOL. Sapa. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
6. "Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality". Census 2011.
7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Karoo Hoogland" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Karoo Hoogland" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

External links

• Official website