Baviaans Local Municipality

Baviaans Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.

Baviaans
Former local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 33°18′S 23°29′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
SeatWillowmore
Wards4
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorEwald Lock (DA)
Area
 • Total11,668 km2 (4,505 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total17,761
 • Density1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African12.0%
 • Coloured80.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White7.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans91.2%
 • Xhosa5.8%
 • English1.7%
 • Other1.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC107

The municipality is named after the Baviaanskloof. The name is of Dutch origin and means "baboons ravine".[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Steytlerville2070222.03713Afrikaans
Vuyolwetho207032.582,912Afrikaans
Willowmore2070420.246,398Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality207017,679.235,312Afrikaans

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 2009 South African general election the Democratic Alliance won a plurality of 45.77% (2,290 votes), while the African National Congress received only 44.73% (2,238 vote). Other minor parties included COPE with 4.72% (236 votes) and the Independent Democrats with 2.12% (106 votes)[6]

In the election of 18 May 2011 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
Democratic Alliance 3,6443,6297,27355.4314
ANC 2,9222,9405,86244.6123
Total 6,5666,56913,135100.0437
Spoilt votes 8386169

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
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Baviaans" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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