Thembelihle Local Municipality

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Thembelihle
Local municipality
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Municipal codeNC076

Thembelihle Municipality (

Afrikaans: Thembelihle Munisipaliteit), formerly known as Oranje-Karoo Municipality, is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Thembelihle is a Xhosa word meaning "good hope".[5]

History

At the end of the

coloured
residents of Steynville (Hopetown) and Strydenburg were governed by management committees subordinate to the white councils. The remaining rural areas were served by the Bo-Karoo Regional Services Council.

After the

Orania
which had a separate TRC.

At the

local elections of December 2000 the TLCs and TRCs were dissolved and the Oranje-Karoo Municipality (renamed Thembelihle in June 2001) was established as a single local authority. The Orania TRC challenged its dissolution in the Kimberley High Court, and under a settlement with the provincial government this TRC retained its powers and functions indefinitely pending further negotiations.[6][7] Orania residents are entitled to vote in elections for the Thembelihle council, and 21% of registered voters in Orania cast a ballot in the 2021 elections,[8] but as of 2016 they did not receive any municipal services from Thembelihle.[6]

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 8,023 square kilometres (3,098 sq mi) on the left (south) bank of the

Orania (pop. 2,377 at 2021) situated on the Orange River 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south-east of Hopetown. The remainder of the municipality is rural, mostly used for farming of sheep and goats while intensive irrigated agriculture occurs along the Orange River. The main transport links in the municipal area are the N12 national road and the De Aar
–Kimberley railway line, both of which pass north-south through the municipality.

According to the census, the main spoken language in the municipality is

White. 31% of residents were under the age of 15.[9]

Politics

Main article: Thembelihle Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by

party lists
so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

For most of the time since its creation in 2000 Thembelihle has been governed by the African National Congress (ANC), which won outright majorities in the 2000, 2006 and 2011 municipal elections. The opposition took control of the council in December 2011, however, after ANC lost a by-election to an independent candidate. The independent, former ANC member Danny Jonas, became the new mayor of the municipality supported by the Congress of the People and the Democratic Alliance.[10] Jonas later joined the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

In the

election of 3 August 2016
the ANC regained control of the municipality, winning a majority of four seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[11][12]

Thembelihle local election, 1 November 2021
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 2,186 2,157 4,343 39.8% 4 1 5
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,315 1,362 2,677 24.5% 1 2 3
Democratic Alliance 627 705 1,332 12.2% 0 1 1
Freedom Front Plus 551 470 1,021 9.4% 1 0 1
Siyathemba Community Movement 152 557 709 6.5% 0 1 1
Independent candidates
 462 – 462 4.2% 0 – 0
Patriotic Alliance
 103 117 220 2.0% 0 0 0
African Christian Democratic Party 69 75 144 1.3% 0 0 0
Total 5,465 5,443 10,908 6 5 11
Valid votes 5,465 5,443 10,908 98.4%
Spoilt votes 91 86 177 1.6%
Total votes cast 5,556 5,529 11,085
Voter turnout 5,562
Registered voters 9,386
Turnout percentage 59.3%

References

  1. ^ "EFF mayor elected in Northern Cape municipality, which includes Orania". The South African. 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  2. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  6. ^ a b De Wet, Phillip (5 August 2016). "Orania held its own election this week, buoyed by a vision of growth and prosperity". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. ISBN 9781137305763
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  8. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots: Voting District 65320017" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Thembelihle". Stats SA. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  10. ^ "By-elections: The DA and Cope learn how to steal ANC marbles by and by". 9 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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