Hessequa Local Municipality

Hessequa
Local municipality
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Municipal code	WC042

Hessequa Municipality (

people.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 5,733 square kilometres (2,214 sq mi) between the

to the east.

According to the

The largest town in the municipality is

(pop. 515) is on the eastern edge at the mouth of the Gourits River.

History

At the end of the

was governed by a board of management.

While the negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to agree on voluntary mergers. In March 1992, the Municipality of Riversdale and the Riversdale Management Committee merged into a single municipal council, and in August 1992 a similar merger took place in Heidelberg.

After the

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, the existing local authorities were dissolved and transitional local councils (TLCs) were created for each town and village. The smaller seaside resorts were also combined with larger towns.

• Riversdale TLC replaced the Municipality of Riversdale in October 1994.
• Heidelberg TLC replaced the Municipality of Heidelberg and the Witsand Local Council in December 1994.
• Albertinia-Gourits TLC replaced the Municipality of Albertinia, the Theronsville Management Committee and the Gouritsmond Local Council in January 1995.
• Stilbaai TLC replaced the Municipality of Stilbaai and the Jongensfontein Local Council in January 1995.
• Slangrivier TLC replaced the Slangrivier Management Board in January 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 the time of these elections the Albertinia-Gourits TLC was dissolved and replaced by separate TLCs for Albertinia and Gouritsmond. The South Cape District Council was established in place of the South Cape RSC, and transitional representative councils (TRCs) were elected to represent rural areas outside the TLCs on the District Council. The area that was to become Hessequa Municipality formed part of the Langeberg TRC.

At the

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Politics

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The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by

(DA) won a majority of seats on the council.

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

Hessequa local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	Democratic Alliance	10,391	10,597	20,988	50.2%	6	3	9
	African National Congress	7,309	7,245	14,554	34.8%	3	3	6
	Freedom Front Plus	1,647	1,577	3,224	7.7%	0	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	572	606	1,178	2.8%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	182	–	182	0.4%	0	–	0
	7 other parties	817	877	1,694	4.1%	0	0	0
Total		20,918	20,902	41,820		9	8	17
Valid votes		20,918	20,902	41,820	99.4%
Spoilt votes		103	138	241	0.6%
Total votes cast		21,021	21,040	42,061
Voter turnout		21,055
Registered voters		33,270
Turnout percentage		63.3%

References

External links

• Official website