George Local Municipality
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Municipal code | WC044 |
George Municipality (
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 5,191 square kilometres (2,004 sq mi) in the
According to the
The majority of the residents of the municipality are in the city of George, which as of 2011 has a population of 157,394.
History
At the end of the
While the negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to agree on voluntary mergers. In September 1992 the Municipality of George and the George Management Committee merged to form a single municipal council. In July 1993 a further agreement incorporated the Herolds Bay Local Council into the Municipality of George.
After the
- Wilderness TLC replaced the local councils of Wilderness, Wilderness Heights and Hoekwil in January 1995.
- Uniondale TLC replaced the Uniondale Local Council and Management Committee in January 1995.
- Haarlem TLC replaced the Haarlem Management Board in January 1995.
- George TLC replaced the municipalities of George and Pacaltsdorp as well as Thembalethu Town Council in February 1995.
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 Regional Services Councils were replaced by District Councils (DCs), and transitional representative councils (TRCs) were elected to represent rural areas outside the TLCs on the DCs. The area that is today the George Municipality included part of the Outeniqua TRC under the South Cape DC, and the Uniondale TRC and most of the Bo-Langkloof TRC under the Klein Karoo DC.
At the
Politics
This article is part of a series on the |
The municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[8]
George local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
Democratic Alliance | 24,875 | 25,088 | 49,963 | 46.4% | 16 | 10 | 26 | |
African National Congress | 9,709 | 9,439 | 19,148 | 17.8% | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
Good | 5,665 | 5,566 | 11,231 | 10.4% | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners | 5,385 | 5,275 | 10,660 | 9.9% | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 3,690 | 3,451 | 7,141 | 6.6% | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,605 | 1,553 | 3,158 | 2.9% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Patriotic Alliance
|
814 | 913 | 1,727 | 1.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 851 | 821 | 1,672 | 1.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates
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137 | – | 137 | 0.1% | 0 | – | 0 | |
12 other parties | 1,339 | 1,402 | 2,741 | 2.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 54,070 | 53,508 | 107,578 | 28 | 27 | 55 | ||
Valid votes | 54,070 | 53,508 | 107,578 | 98.9% | ||||
Spoilt votes | 588 | 627 | 1,215 | 1.1% | ||||
Total votes cast | 54,658 | 54,135 | 108,793 | |||||
Voter turnout | 55,033 | |||||||
Registered voters | 106,525 | |||||||
Turnout percentage | 51.7% |
References
- ^ Pienaar, Michelle (22 May 2020). "Drumroll for the new George mayor". Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "George Local Municipality". Census 2011.
- ^ Sum of the Main Places George and Thembalethu from 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — George". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
External links
- http://www.george.org.za/ Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine