Hantam Local Municipality
Local municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa
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Hantam Municipality (Afrikaans: Hantam Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Hantam | |
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.svg) Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 31°15′S 19°45′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Namakwa |
| Seat | Calvinia |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Roger Nieldo Swartz (ANC)[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 36,128 km2 (13,949 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 22,281 |
| • Density | 0.61672/km2 (1.5973/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 1.4% |
| • Coloured | 87.5% |
| • White | 10.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 96.7% |
| • English | 1.1% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC065 |
Hantam is a Khoekhoe word that means "mountains where the bulbs grow". The municipality is named after the Hantam Mountains found in the area.[5]
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Population | Area (km2) |
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| Brandvlei | 366001 | 2,859 | 29.3 |
| Calvinia | 366005 | 9,680 | 154.5 |
| Loeriesfontein | 366003 | 2,744 | 34.5 |
| Nieuwoudtville | 366004 | 2,093 | 26.3 |
| Tankwa Karoo National Park | 366006 | 28 | 267.9 |
| Remainder | 366002 | 4,175 | 35,615.7 |
| Total | 21,578 | 36,128.0 | |
Demographics
According to the 2022 South African census, the municipality had a population of 22,281 people. Of these, 87.5% identified as "Coloured," 10.5% as "White," and 1.4% as "Black African."[7]
Finances
In the 2018/19 financial year, 78% of the council's expenditure was deemed unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful, down from 95% the previous year. At the end of the 2019 year, the council had a cash balance to cover its operating costs for ten days.[8]
Politics
The 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.[9][10]
| Hantam local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 3,660 | 3,637 | 7,297 | 44.5% | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,322 | 2,359 | 4,681 | 28.6% | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 602 | 623 | 1,225 | 7.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 604 | 587 | 1,191 | 7.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Namakwa Civic Movement | 338 | 390 | 728 | 4.4% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good | 240 | 254 | 494 | 3.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 144 | 216 | 360 | 2.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 207 | – | 207 | 1.3% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 75 | 82 | 157 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 26 | 21 | 47 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 8,218 | 8,169 | 16,387 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Valid votes | 8,218 | 8,169 | 16,387 | 98.0% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 161 | 172 | 333 | 2.0% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 8,379 | 8,341 | 16,720 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 8,393 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 13,732 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 61.1% | |||||||