Beaufort West Local Municipality
Beaufort West
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Municipal code | WC053 |
Beaufort West Municipality (
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 21,917 square kilometres (8,462 sq mi), making it the largest local municipality in the Western Cape and the sixth-largest in South Africa. It is located in the furthest northeastern part of the province in the
According to the
The main town in the municipality is Beaufort West, which as of 2011 has a population of 34,085.[4] Murraysburg (pop. 5,069)[5] is situated in the far east of the municipality. Nelspoort (pop. 1,699) is situated northeast of Beaufort West, while Merweville (pop. 1,592) is in the far west of the municipality.
History
At the end of the
After the
The transitional councils were initially made up of members nominated by the various parties to the negotiations, until May 1996 when elections were held. At these elections the Central Karoo District Council was established, replacing the Central Karoo RSC. Transitional representative councils (TRCs) were also elected to represent rural areas outside the TLCs on the District Council; the area that was to become Beaufort West Local Municipality included Beaufort West and Murraysburg TRCs.
At the
Politics
This article is part of a series on the |
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]
Beaufort West local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
African National Congress | 4,299 | 4,237 | 8,536 | 28.3% | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,212 | 3,963 | 8,175 | 27.1% | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Patriotic Alliance
|
3,298 | 3,314 | 6,612 | 21.9% | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Good | 1,596 | 1,869 | 3,465 | 11.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Karoo Democratic Force | 845 | 825 | 1,670 | 5.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates
|
70 | – | 70 | 0.2% | 0 | – | 0 | |
5 other parties | 788 | 841 | 1,629 | 5.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 15,108 | 15,049 | 30,157 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
Valid votes | 15,108 | 15,049 | 30,157 | 98.3% | ||||
Spoilt votes | 315 | 198 | 513 | 1.7% | ||||
Total votes cast | 15,423 | 15,247 | 30,670 | |||||
Voter turnout | 15,486 | |||||||
Registered voters | 26,878 | |||||||
Turnout percentage | 57.6% |
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Beaufort West Local Municipality". Census 2011.
- ^ Sum of the Main Places Beaufort West, New Town, Kwa-Mandlenkosi and Rustdene from Census 2011.
- ^ Sum of the Main Places Murraysburg and Rooivlakte from Census 2011.
- ^ "Meet Western Cape's youngest mayor". iol.co.za. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 – Beaufort West". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 8 November 2021.