Camdeboo Local Municipality

Former Camdeboo
Local municipality

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Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
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 was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.

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
Aberdeen 20101 4,979Afrikaans
Graaff-Reinet 20103 24,230Afrikaans
Nieu-Bethesda 20104 1,007Afrikaans
Thembalesizwe 20105 1,338Xhosa
uMasizakhe 20106 8,234Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 20102 4,577Afrikaans

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
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

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Camdeboo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Camdeboo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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Coordinates: 32°15′20″S 24°32′26″E / 32.25556°S 24.54056°E / -32.25556; 24.54056

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