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Wikipedia / Siyathemba Local Municipality

Siyathemba Municipality () is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place

Code

Area (km2)

Population

Most spoken language

E'Thembeni

31301

2.14

3,073

Afrikaans

Marydale

31302

75.11

2,080

Afrikaans

Niekerkshoop

31303

31.01

2,001

Afrikaans

Prieska

31304

194.25

8,447

Afrikaans

Westerberg

31306

10.41

0

-

Remainder of the municipality

31305

7,938.90

1,920

Afrikaans

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 five 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.

Siyathemba local election, 1 November 2021

Party

Votes

Seats

Ward

List

Total

%

Ward

List

Total

3,289

3,310

6,599

44.4%

5

0

5

2,959

2,937

5,896

39.7%

1

3

4

950

942

1,892

12.7%

0

2

2

200

221

421

2.8%

0

0

0

27

27

54

0.4%

0

0

0

Total

7,425

7,437

14,862

6

5

11

Valid votes

7,425

7,437

14,862

98.8%

Spoilt votes

91

94

185

1.2%

Total votes cast

7,516

7,531

15,047

Voter turnout

7,539

Registered voters

12,434

Turnout percentage

60.6%

References