Siyancuma Municipality (Afrikaans: Siyancuma Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Siyancuma | |
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.svg) Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 29°0′S 23°30′E / 29.000°S 23.500°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat | Douglas |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Patrick McKlein (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,753 km2 (6,468 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 37,076 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 33.0% |
| • Coloured | 57.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
| • White | 7.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 90.5% |
| • Tswana | 5.1% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC078 |
Main places
editThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breipaal | 31401 | 1.40 | 8,533 | Afrikaans |
| Campbell | 31402 | 78.42 | 1,763 | Afrikaans |
| Douglas | 31403 | 73.29 | 6,946 | Afrikaans |
| Griekwastad | 31404 | 77.09 | 3,952 | Afrikaans |
| Mathlomola | 31405 | 0.18 | 1,265 | Afrikaans |
| Ritchie | 31406 | 140.31 | 953 | Afrikaans |
| Schmidtsdrift | 31407 | 22.75 | 3,243 | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 31408 | 9,634.35 | 9,152 | Afrikaans |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
| Siyancuma local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 5,032 | 5,340 | 10,372 | 52.1% | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,040 | 2,954 | 4,994 | 25.1% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent candidates | 2,227 | – | 2,227 | 11.2% | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 458 | 787 | 1,245 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 422 | 640 | 1,062 | 5.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10,179 | 9,721 | 19,900 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Valid votes | 10,179 | 9,721 | 19,900 | 95.8% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 214 | 664 | 878 | 4.2% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 10,393 | 10,385 | 20,778 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 10,443 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 19,436 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 53.7% | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Departments - Siyancuma Municipality". 28 June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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