Phokwane Local Municipality

Phokwane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. The name means "small Billy goat" in Setswana.[4]

Phokwane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°50′S 24°50′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Frances Baard
Seat	Hartswater
Wards	10
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Vuyisile Khen
Area
• Total	834 km^2 (322 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	63,000
• Density	76/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	81.9%
• Coloured	11.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	6.3%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	66.6%
• Afrikaans	18.9%
• Xhosa	5.6%
• English	3.9%
• Other	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC094

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Banksdrif	386001	1.1	505
Ganspan	386006	1.2	2,301
Hartswater	386003	10.8	10,465
Jan Kempdorp	386005	19.1	24,220
Pampierstad	386004	10.4	21,707
Remainder	386002	791.3	3,802
Total		833.9	63,000

Politics

The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 twelve 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	11,069	10,876	21,945	60.4	9	3	12
	Democratic Alliance	3,172	3,190	6,362	17.5	1	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,428	2,339	4,767	13.1	0	3	3
	African Independent Congress	569	730	1,299	3.6	0	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	374	343	717	2.0	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	341	342	683	1.9	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	285	274	559	1.5	0	0	0
Total		18,238	18,094	36,332	100.0	10	9	19
Spoilt votes		484	452	1,026

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. "Phokwane Local Municipality". Census 2011.
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Phokwane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Phokwane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

External links

• Official website