Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality
Local municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa
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Dawid Kruiper Municipality (Afrikaans: Dawid Kruiper Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Mier and //Khara Hais local municipalities.[2] The municipality is named after the San politician Dawid Kruiper.
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Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | ZF Mgcawu |
| Seat | Upington |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
• Total | 44,231 km2 (17,078 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 100,497 |
| • Density | 2.2721/km2 (5.8847/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC087 |
Demographics
According to the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 125,744 people, representing an increase from 100,498 in 2011. Of these, 70.7% identified as "Coloured," 19.7% as "Black African," and 8.5% as "White."[3]
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eighteen seats on the council.[4][5][6]
The following table shows the results of the election.
| Dawid Kruiper local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 17,470 | 17,262 | 34,732 | 55.1% | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 10,991 | 11,169 | 22,160 | 35.2% | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Khoisan Revolution | 927 | 1,017 | 1,944 | 3.1% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 786 | 771 | 1,557 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 523 | 556 | 1,079 | 1.7% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 305 | 365 | 670 | 1.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 166 | 168 | 334 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 147 | 123 | 270 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 72 | 68 | 140 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 63 | – | 63 | 0.1% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 15 | 28 | 43 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 31,465 | 31,527 | 62,992 | 17 | 16 | 33 | ||
| Valid votes | 31,465 | 31,527 | 62,992 | 98.4% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 490 | 555 | 1,045 | 1.6% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 31,955 | 32,082 | 64,037 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 32,259 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 59,509 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 54.2% | |||||||