Hessequa Local Municipality
Hessequa | |
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Municipal code | WC042 |
Hessequa Municipality (
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 5,733 square kilometres (2,214 sq mi) between the
According to the
The largest town in the municipality is
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 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
- 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
Politics
This article is part of a series on the |
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]
Hessequa local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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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
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572 | 606 | 1,178 | 2.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates
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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
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Hessequa Local Municipality". Census 2011.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Hessequa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-08.