Overstrand Local Municipality
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Overstrand Municipality (
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 1,708 square kilometres (659 sq mi) stretching along the coast of the
According to the
Most of the towns in the municipality are on the coast, and due to the proximity to Cape Town many are holiday resorts. The largest town is
East of Hermanus the municipality includes a wider agricultural area away from the coast. The village of
Politics
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The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by
History
By the end of the
While the negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to negotiate voluntary mergers. In January 1993 the Municipality of Kleinmond merged with its management committee to form a single Municipality for the Area of Kleinmond; and the Municipality of Gansbaai merged with its management committee and the local councils of De Kelders, Kleinbaai, Franskraalstrand and Pearly Beach to form a single Municipality for the Area of Gansbaai. In January 1994 the Betty's Bay Municipality merged with the local councils of Pringle Bay and Rooi-Els to form the Hangklip Municipality.
After the
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 Overberg District Council was established, replacing the Overberg Regional Services Council. Transitional representative councils (TRCs) were also elected to represent rural areas outside the TLCs on the District Council; the area that was to become Overstrand included the Hermanus TRC as well as parts of the Caledon and Bredasdorp TRCs.
At the
After the 2000 election, Willie Smuts, previously mayor of Hangklip-Kleinmond Municipality, was elected mayor, representing the Democratic Alliance (DA), before he defected along with seven other DA councillors to the New National Party (NNP) after the October 2002 floor-crossing window. The NNP then formed a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC) when the council was reconstituted. After the September 2004 floor crossing Smuts then crossed the floor to the ANC along with most NNP councillors which gave the ANC an outright majority in the town for the first time.
At the time of the
In the
In the
In a by-election in December 2020, the Land Party won a seat from the ANC[5]
In the November 2021 local elections, the council was expanded to twenty-seven seats. The DA won seventeen seats, the ANC four, the Land Party and the Freedom Front Plus two each, and the EFF and the ACDP one each.
Election results
The most recent election of the municipal council was held on 1 November 2021; the Democratic Alliance won a majority of 17 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Independent candidates | 235 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 | ||||
8 other parties | 762 | 2.20 | 0 | 826 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 34,703 | 100.00 | 14 | 34,379 | 100.00 | 13 | 27 | |
Valid votes | 34,703 | 99.21 | 34,379 | 99.23 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 276 | 0.79 | 268 | 0.77 | ||||
Total votes | 34,979 | 100.00 | 34,647 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 59,979 | 58.32 | 59,979 | 57.77 | ||||
Source: Electoral Commission[6][7][8] |
Mayors
- Annelie Rabie (1 November 2021 until present) (DA)[9]
- Dudley Coetzee (28 February 2018 – 30 October 2021) (DA)[1]
- Rudolph Smith (2016–2018; died on 5 January 2018)
- Nicolette Botha-Guthrie (2010–2016) (DA)
- Theo Beyleveldt (March 2006 – 2010) (DA)
- Willie Smuts (September 2004 – March 2006) (ANC)
- Willie Smuts (October 2002 – September 2004) (NNP)
- Willie Smuts (December 2000 – October 2002) (DA)
References
- ^ a b "New Mayoral Committee for the 2016-2021 Term". Overstrand Municipality. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Overstrand Local Municipality". Census 2011.
- ^ Sum of the Main Places Hermanus, Sand Bay and Zwelihle from Census 2011.
- ^ "BY-ELECTIONS 09 Dec 2020 RESULTS REPORT" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Overstrand" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Overstrand" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Voter Turnout Report: Overstrand" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "New Mayoral Committee for the 2021 - 2026 Term". Overstrand Municipality. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.