Oudtshoorn Local Municipality

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Oudtshoorn
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Oudtshoorn Municipality (

Afrikaans: Oudtshoorn Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011, the population was 95,933.[2]

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 3,537 square kilometres (1,366 sq mi) in the

Kannaland Municipality
to the west.

According to the

Black African". The first language of 91.0% of the population is Afrikaans, while 4.8% speak Xhosa and 2.3% speak English.[4]

Most of the residents of the municipality live in the town of

De Hoop
(pop. 151).

History

At the end of the

Bongolethu was governed by a town council established under the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982
.

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. In December 1994 the De Rust/Blomnek TLC replaced the Municipality of De Rust and Blomnek Management Committee. In January 1995 the Oudtshoorn TLC replaced the Municipality of Oudtshoorn, Bridgton Management Committee and Bongolethu Town Council. In the same month the Dysselsdorp TLC replaced the Dysselsdorp 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 the time of these elections the Klein Karoo District Council was established in place of the Klein Karoo 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 Oudtshoorn Municipality included the Oudtshoorn TRC and a small part of the Bo-Langkloof TRC.

At the

Eden District Municipality
.

Politics

See also: Oudtshoorn Local Municipality elections
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The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by

election of 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. The African National Congress (ANC) formed a minority coalition with the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA) and the Oudtshoorn Gemeenskap Inisiatief (OGI). At the inaugural council meeting on 17 November, 24-year-old councillor Chad Louw of the ANC was elected mayor with ICOSA's Vlancio Donson as deputy mayor and the OGI's Colin Sylvester as speaker.[6]

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]

Oudtshoorn local election, 1 November 2021
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
Democratic Alliance 6,684 7,052 13,736 30.1% 4 3 7
African National Congress 6,378 6,292 12,670 27.7% 8 0 8
Freedom Front Plus 2,939 2,579 5,518 12.1% 1 2 3
Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa 1,504 1,501 3,005 6.6% 0 2 2
Oudtshoorn Gemeenskap Inisiatief 1,188 1,248 2,436 5.3% 0 1 1
Good 973 956 1,929 4.2% 0 1 1
Advieskantoor 857 824 1,681 3.7% 0 1 1
Patriotic Alliance
 800 795 1,595 3.5% 0 1 1
Suid-Kaap Saamstaan 392 349 741 1.6% 0 1 1
Independent candidates
 12 – 12 0.0% 0 – 0
8 other parties 1,153 1,224 2,377 5.2% 0 0 0
Total 22,880 22,820 45,700 13 12 25
Valid votes 22,880 22,820 45,700 98.9%
Spoilt votes 236 253 489 1.1%
Total votes cast 23,116 23,073 46,189
Voter turnout 23,156
Registered voters 52,233
Turnout percentage 44.3%

Coats of arms

Municipality (1) — The town council adopted the Van Reede van Oudtshoorn arms "with certain modifications" on 7 February 1908.[8] The arms were : Argent, two bars dancetty Sable (i.e. a silver shield with two black zig-zag stripes across it), with two golden gryphons as supporters. A golden mural crown was placed above the shield (this appears to have been the "modification").

Oudtshoorn coat of arms (1960)

Municipality (2) — The arms were re-designed in 1959 by Ivan Mitford-Barberton and H. Ellis Tomlinson, and granted by the College of Arms on 9 September 1960. They were registered with the Cape Provincial Administration in June 1961[9] and at the Bureau of Heraldry in October 1970.[10]

The changes to the design were the addition of a red chief bearing a golden mural crown to the shield; the addition of a crest consisting of a pair of black wings inside a golden ring; and each supporter was given an ostrich feather to hold.[9][10] For some reason, the municipal council later changed the colours: the chief was changed to gold and the mural crown to red, the wings were changed to silver and the ring to red, and the gryphons were changed from gold to red. The registration at the Bureau does not appear to have been amended to reflect these alterations.

Corruption

On 15 December 2021, employees of the municipality allegedly paid R3 million to an entity masquerading as a legitimate contractor.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Troubled Oudtshoorn Municipality gets new mayor". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Oudtshoorn Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  5. ^ Sum of the Main Places Oudtshoorn, Bongolethu and Bridgeton from Census 2011.
  6. ^ "Meet Western Cape's youngest mayor". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  7. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Oudtshoorn". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  8. ^ Western Cape Archives : Oudtshoorn Municipal Minutes (7 February 1908).
  9. ^ a b Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette 3087 (23 June 1961)
  10. ^ a b National Archives of South Africa: Data of the Bureau of Heraldry
  11. ^ Ewerts, Wyndham (4 May 2022). "R3 Miljoen Rand Bedrieglike Transaksies by Munisipaliteit". oudtshoorncourant.com. Oudtshoorn Courant. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

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