Dikgatlong Local Municipality

Dikgatlong Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Dikgatlong; Afrikaans: Dikgatlong Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province in South Africa. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts and Vaal rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as 1700.[4]

Dikgatlong
Local municipality
Official seal of Dikgatlong
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 24°15′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatBarkly West
Wards8
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRuth Gopane
Area
 • Total7,315 km2 (2,824 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total46,841
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African58.5%
 • Coloured28.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White3.6%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Tswana52.7%
 • Afrikaans39.2%
 • English2.1%
 • Sotho1.7%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC092

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Barkly West38401370.68,258
Delportshoop38400566.84,788
Gong-Gong3840125.71,045
Holpan3840070.6646
Kutlwano3840030.73,959
Longlands3840106.42,933
Mataleng3840142.511,847
Pniel Estate3840151.0695
Sydney on Vaal3840090.633
Tidimalo3840061.05,558
Ulco3840049.9860
Vaalbos National Park384011112.50
Vaal-Gamagara3840080.9198
Windsorton38400250.42,291
Remainder3840016,985.23,727
Total7,314.746,841

Politics
Main article: Dikgatlong Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight 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 1 November 2021 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]

Dikgatlong local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 6,3976,36612,76351.1%808
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,1642,1744,33817.4%033
Patriotic Alliance 1,2921,3652,65710.6%022
Democratic Alliance 1,0881,0662,1548.6%011
Dikgatlong Independed Forum 5057091,2144.9%011
Dikgatlong Service Delivery Forum 3223326542.6%000
Independent candidates 464–4641.9%0–0
Freedom Front Plus 2212094301.7%000
African Transformation Movement 59731320.5%000
Azanian People's Organisation 58461040.4%000
Congress of the People 2655810.3%000
Total 12,59612,39524,9918715
Valid votes 12,59612,39524,99197.7%
Spoilt votes 2783025802.3%
Total votes cast 12,87412,69725,571
Voter turnout 12,885
Registered voters 22,617
Turnout percentage 57.0%

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  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. "Dikgatlong Local Municipality". Census 2011.
  6. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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