Kareeberg Local Municipality
Local municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa
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Kareeberg Municipality (Afrikaans: Kareeberg Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name originates from a mountain range in the region, the Karee Mountains.[4]
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Kareeberg | |
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Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 30°40′S 22°10′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat | Carnarvon |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Monray Julian Maczali (KCM) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,702 km2 (6,835 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 11,673 |
| • Density | 0.65942/km2 (1.7079/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 4.8% |
| • Coloured | 85.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 9.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 95.9% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Other | 2.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC074 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Demographics
According to the 2022 South African census, the municipality had a population of 10,961 people, a slight decrease from the 2011 population of 11,673. 86.4% of residents identified as "Coloured," 9.2% as "White," and 3.6% as "Black African."[6]
Politics
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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.[7][8]
| Kareeberg local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 2,166 | 2,173 | 4,339 | 44.2% | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 926 | 912 | 1,838 | 18.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kareeberg Civic Movement | 825 | 871 | 1,696 | 17.3% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 815 | 793 | 1,608 | 16.4% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 165 | 162 | 327 | 3.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 16 | – | 16 | 0.2% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 4,913 | 4,911 | 9,824 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,913 | 4,911 | 9,824 | 99.3% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 34 | 31 | 65 | 0.7% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 4,947 | 4,942 | 9,889 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 4,951 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 7,536 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 65.7% | |||||||
By-elections from November 2021
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2022[9] | 4 | African National Congress | Democratic Alliance | ||
