Dikgatlong Local Municipality

Dikgatlong
Local municipality
Official seal of Dikgatlong
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 24°15′E / 28.250°S 24.250°E / -28.250; 24.250
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatBarkly West
Wards8
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRuth Gopane
Area
 • Total
7,315 km2 (2,824 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
46,841
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African58.5%
 • Coloured28.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White3.6%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Tswana52.7%
 • Afrikaans39.2%
 • English2.1%
 • Sotho1.7%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC092

Dikgatlong Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Dikgatlong; Afrikaans: Dikgatlong Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province in South Africa. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts and Vaal rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as 1700.[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population
Barkly West 384013 70.6 8,258
Delportshoop 384005 66.8 4,788
Gong-Gong 384012 5.7 1,045
Holpan 384007 0.6 646
Kutlwano 384003 0.7 3,959
Longlands 384010 6.4 2,933
Mataleng 384014 2.5 11,847
Pniel Estate 384015 1.0 695
Sydney on Vaal 384009 0.6 33
Tidimalo 384006 1.0 5,558
Ulco 384004 9.9 860
Vaalbos National Park 384011 112.5 0
Vaal-Gamagara 384008 0.9 198
Windsorton 384002 50.4 2,291
Remainder 384001 6,985.2 3,727
Total 7,314.7 46,841

Politics

Main article: Dikgatlong Local Municipality elections

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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council.

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

Dikgatlong local election, 1 November 2021
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 6,397 6,366 12,763 51.1% 8 0 8
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,164 2,174 4,338 17.4% 0 3 3
Patriotic Alliance 1,292 1,365 2,657 10.6% 0 2 2
Democratic Alliance 1,088 1,066 2,154 8.6% 0 1 1
Dikgatlong Independed Forum 505 709 1,214 4.9% 0 1 1
Dikgatlong Service Delivery Forum 322 332 654 2.6% 0 0 0
Independent candidates 464 – 464 1.9% 0 – 0
Freedom Front Plus 221 209 430 1.7% 0 0 0
African Transformation Movement 59 73 132 0.5% 0 0 0
Azanian People's Organisation 58 46 104 0.4% 0 0 0
Congress of the People 26 55 81 0.3% 0 0 0
Total 12,596 12,395 24,991 8 7 15
Valid votes 12,596 12,395 24,991 97.7%
Spoilt votes 278 302 580 2.3%
Total votes cast 12,874 12,697 25,571
Voter turnout 12,885
Registered voters 22,617
Turnout percentage 57.0%

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Dikgatlong Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  6. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.