Camdeboo Local Municipality
| Camdeboo | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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| Location in the Eastern Cape Location in the Eastern Cape |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Sarah Baartman | |
| Seat | Graaff-Reinet | |
| Wards | 7 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Hanna Makoba | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 12,422 km2 (4,796 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 50,993 | |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 24.8% | |
| • Coloured | 64.8% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% | |
| • White | 9.6% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Afrikaans | 78.7% | |
| • Xhosa | 15.7% | |
| • English | 3.8% | |
| • Other | 1.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC101 | |
Camdeboo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
The name Camdeboo (or Qamdobowa in Xhosa language) has evolved from a phonetically similar Khoi word meaning "green hollow".[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Aberdeen | 20101 | 4,979 | Afrikaans |
| Graaff-Reinet | 20103 | 24,230 | Afrikaans |
| Nieu-Bethesda | 20104 | 1,007 | Afrikaans |
| Thembalesizwe | 20105 | 1,338 | Xhosa |
| uMasizakhe | 20106 | 8,234 | Xhosa |
| Remainder of the municipality | 20102 | 4,577 | Afrikaans |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 7,382 | 7,493 | 14,875 | 55.5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 5,586 | 5,634 | 11,220 | 41.9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent Ratepayers Association of SA | 174 | 89 | 263 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 136 | 95 | 231 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 121 | 90 | 211 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,399 | 13,401 | 26,800 | 100.0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Spoilt votes | 155 | 144 | 299 | |||||
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