Langeberg Local Municipality
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Langeberg Municipality (
Afrikaans: Langeberg Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Langeberg), known before 28 August 2009 as Breede River/Winelands Municipality,[4] is a local municipality located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011, it had a population of 97,724.[2]
Its municipality code is WC026.
Geography
The municipality covers a land area of 4,518 square kilometres (1,744 sq mi) in the
Theewaterskloof Municipality
to the southwest.
According to the
White". The first language of 82.5% of the population is Afrikaans, while 10.7% speak Xhosa, 3.1% speak English and 1.3% speak Sotho.[5]
The largest town in the municipality is
McGregor
(pop. 3,125) is south of Robertson in the foothills of the Riviersonderend Mountains.
History
At the end of the
Zolani were governed by town councils established under the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982
.
While the negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to agree on voluntary mergers. In January 1993, the Municipality of McGregor and the McGregor Management Committee merged into a single municipal 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, the existing local authorities were dissolved and transitional local councils (TLCs) were created for each town and village.
- Montagu TLC replaced the Municipality of Montagu and Montagu Management Committee in October 1994.
- Robertson TLC replaced the Municipality of Robertson, Robertson Management Committee and Nkqubela Town Council in November 1994.
- Ashton TLC replaced the Municipality of Ashton, Ashton Management Committee and Zolani Town Council in January 1995.
- Bonnievale TLC replaced the Municipality of Bonnievale and Bonnievale Management Committee in January 1995.
- McGregor TLC replaced the Municipality of McGregor 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 these elections the Breërivier District Council was established, replacing the Breërivier 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 Breede Valley Municipality was covered by the Wynland TRC.
At the
Boland District Municipality. In 2009 it was renamed the Langeberg Municipality. When District Management Areas
were abolished in 2011, the boundary of the municipality was extended to include the sparsely populated region northeast of Montagu, which had formerly been part of a DMA.
Politics
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The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by
election of 1 November 2021 no party won a majority of seats on the council. The DA then formed a majority coalition with the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) to govern the municipality.[6]
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]
| Langeberg local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| Democratic Alliance | 8,536 | 9,090 | 17,626 | 43.4% | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| African National Congress | 5,129 | 5,190 | 10,319 | 25.4% | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2,168 | 2,033 | 4,201 | 10.3% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| People's Democratic Movement | 796 | 806 | 1,602 | 3.9% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Patriotic Alliance
|
525 | 501 | 1,026 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good | 492 | 512 | 1,004 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Langerberg Independent Party | 307 | 395 | 702 | 1.7% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates
|
588 | – | 588 | 1.4% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| 9 other parties | 1,793 | 1,784 | 3,577 | 8.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 20,334 | 20,311 | 40,645 | 12 | 11 | 23 | ||
| Valid votes | 20,334 | 20,311 | 40,645 | 98.9% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 190 | 249 | 439 | 1.1% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 20,524 | 20,560 | 41,084 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 20,630 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 43,599 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 47.3% | |||||||
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Bredell, Anton (Provincial Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning) (28 August 2009). "Breede River/Winelands Municipality (WC026) Fifth Establishment Amendment Notice" (PDF). Provincial Gazette. 6652. Cape Town: Provincial Government of the Western Cape: 1683–1684.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Langeberg 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 — Langeberg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
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