Rand West City Municipality (; ; ; ) is a local municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Randfontein and Westonaria local municipalities. It is a division of the West Rand District Municipality.
Politics
The municipal council consists of 69 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 35 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 35 wards, while the remaining 34 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) lost their majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election. Rand West City local election, 1 November 2021 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 24,410 25,253 49,663 45.3% 27 5 32 12,629 12,569 25,198 23.0% 8 8 16 7,953 8,537 16,490 15.1% 0 11 11 2,092 2,135 4,227 3.9% 0 3 3 1,513 1,571 3,084 2.8% 0 2 2 2,618 – 2,618 2.4% 0 – 0 715 662 1,377 1.3% 0 1 1 574 756 1,330 1.2% 0 1 1 488 654 1,142 1.0% 0 1 1 423 562 985 0.9% 0 1 1 410 480 890 0.8% 0 1 1 8 other parties 1,105 1,456 2,561 2.3% 0 0 0 Total 54,930 54,635 109,565 35 34 69 Valid votes 54,930 54,635 109,565 97.6% Spoilt votes 1,074 1,564 2,638 2.4% Total votes cast 56,004 56,199 112,203 Voter turnout 56,519 Registered voters 131,921 Turnout percentage 42.8%
Management The power utility Eskom has identified Rand West as a municipality with a poor payment record. In 2021 it owed Eskom over R510 million.
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