Sol Plaatje Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.
Main places The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place Code Area (km2) Population Galeshewe 383005 15.24 107,920 Kimberley 383006 142.77 96,977 Motswedimosa 383008 0.86 7,240 Platfontein 383004 1.77 5,185 Ritchie 383007 23.93 7,610 Roodepan 383003 6.28 20,263 Vaalbos National Park 383001 110.13 0 Non-urban areas 383002 2,844.41 2,846 Total 3,145.39 248,041
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 thirty-three seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election. Sol Plaatje local election, 1 November 2021 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 30,837 30,913 61,750 50.2% 27 6 33 12,591 12,702 25,293 20.5% 6 8 14 5,600 5,994 11,594 9.4% 0 6 6 2,645 2,923 5,568 4.5% 0 3 3 2,577 2,834 5,411 4.4% 0 3 3 2,243 2,096 4,339 3.5% 0 3 3 2,092 2,099 4,191 3.4% 0 2 2 1,648 – 1,648 1.3% 0 – 0 570 456 1,026 0.8% 0 1 1 183 394 577 0.5% 0 0 0 274 269 543 0.4% 0 0 0 234 251 485 0.4% 0 0 0 135 147 282 0.2% 0 0 0 129 91 220 0.2% 0 0 0 121 64 185 0.2% 0 0 0 Total 61,879 61,233 123,112 33 32 65 Valid votes 61,879 61,233 123,112 98.4% Spoilt votes 907 1,097 2,004 1.6% Total votes cast 62,786 62,330 125,116 Voter turnout 63,026 Registered voters 128,236 Turnout percentage 49.1%
Mayors Maria Chwarisang Patrick Lenyibi Patrick Everyday Agnes Ntlhangula David MolusiHalata, C. 2013. City gets new mayor: Molusi takes over Sol. Diamond Fields Advertiser 19 Dec 2013 pp 1-2 Mangaliso MatikaNew Mayor for Sol Plaatje Diamond Fields Advertiser 22 August 2016, p1 Pule Thabane Patrick Mabilo Kagisho Dante Sonyoni Martha Bartlett
References
External links Official website