Cape Agulhas Local Municipality

Cape Agulhas

Kaap Agulhas
Cape Agulhas Kaap Agulhas
Local municipality
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Municipal code	WC033

Cape Agulhas Municipality (

Arniston and L'Agulhas, and the De Hoop Nature Reserve

.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 3,467 square kilometres (1,339 sq mi) in the Southern

Swellendam Municipality

to the north.

According to the

Black African". The first language of 84.4% of the population is Afrikaans, while 6.0% speak Xhosa and 5.6% speak English.^[2]

The principal town and location of the municipal headquarters is Bredasdorp, which as of 2011 has a population of 15,524.

Arniston (pop. 1,267) is further east along the coast. The former mission station of Elim

(pop. 1,412) is situated west of Bredasdorp.

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by

election of 1 November 2021, the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a plurality of seats on the council, one short of a majority. The DA then formed a majority coalition government with the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) to govern the municipality.^[3]

History

At end of the

Coloured

residents elected management committees, which were subordinate to the white local authorities, in Bredasdorp, Napier, Arniston and Struisbaai. Rural areas outside of these settlements were served by the Overberg Regional Services Council.

After the

national elections of 1994

a process of local government transformation began, in which negotiations were held between the existing local authorities, political parties, and local community organisations. As a result of these negotiations, transitional local councils (TLCs) were created for each town and village. In December 1994 the Napier TLC was created, replacing the Municipality of Napier and the Napier Management Committee. In the same month the Struisbaai TLC replaced the Struisbaai Local Council and the Struisbaai Management Committee. In January 1995 the Bredasdorp TLC was created, amalgamating the Municipality of Bredasdorp, the Bredasdorp Management Committee, the Local Councils of Waenhuiskrans and L'Agulhas, and the Arniston Management Committee.

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 Overberg District Council was established, replacing the Overberg Regional Services Council. Transitional representative councils (TRCs) were also elected to represent rural areas outside the TLCs on the District Council; the area that was to become the Cape Agulhas Municipality included most of the Bredasdorp TRC as well as parts of the Caledon TRC.

At the

Overstrand Municipality was moved further west to incorporate rural land north and south of Elim (although Elim itself was included in the municipality from 2000). In 2011 the area of the De Hoop Nature Reserve was incorporated into the municipality when District Management Areas

were abolished.

Election results

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[4]

Cape Agulhas local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	Democratic Alliance	5,092	5,397	10,489	44.0%	4	1	5
	African National Congress	3,203	3,169	6,372	26.8%	1	2	3
	Dienslewerings Party	1,540	1,472	3,012	12.6%	1	1	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,089	860	1,949	8.2%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	33	–	33	0.1%	0	–	0
	9 other parties	964	997	1,961	8.2%	0	0	0
Total		11,921	11,895	23,816		6	5	11

Valid votes		11,921	11,895	23,816	99.0%
Spoilt votes		119	118	237	1.0%
Total votes cast		12,040	12,013	24,053

Voter turnout		12,051
Registered voters		21,173
Turnout percentage		56.9%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Cape Agulhas Local Municipality". Census 2011.
^ Hunter, Zintle Mahlati, Juniour Khumalo, Jan Gerber and Qaanitah. "New political era: DA reaps the rewards as opposition parties kick ANC to the curb". News24. Retrieved 2021-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Cape Agulhas". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-08.

External links

Cape Agulhas Municipality — Official home page

[muni_population-1] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[2] "Cape Agulhas Local Municipality". Census 2011.

[3] Hunter, Zintle Mahlati, Juniour Khumalo, Jan Gerber and Qaanitah. "New political era: DA reaps the rewards as opposition parties kick ANC to the curb". News24. Retrieved 2021-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Cape Agulhas". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-08.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape
District seat: Bredasdorp
Cape Agulhas	Arniston Bredasdorp Elim Hotagterklip Klipdale L'Agulhas Napier Protem Skipskop Struisbaai Suiderstrand	Overberg District within South Africa
Overstrand	Baardskeerdersbos Betty's Bay Birkenhead De Kelders Fisherhaven Franskraalstrand Gansbaai Hawston Hermanus Kleinbaai Kleinmond Onrusrivier Papiesvlei Pearly Beach Pringle Bay Rooiels Sandbaai Stanford Uilenkraalsmond Van Dyks Bay Vermont Wolvengat
Swellendam	Barrydale Buffeljagsrivier Infanta Malgas Stormsvlei Suurbraak Swellendam
Theewaterskloof	Botrivier Caledon Dennehof Genadendal Grabouw Greyton Riviersonderend Tesselaarsdal Villiersdorp