The Overberg District Municipality (; ) is a district municipality that governs the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is divided into four local municipalities and includes the major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Hermanus, Bredasdorp and Swellendam. The municipal area covers and had in 2007 an estimated population of 212,787 people in 60,056 households.

Geography The Overberg municipal area covers lying to the south-east of Cape Town. It stretches from the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the west to the Breede River mouth in the east, and as far as the Riviersonderend Mountains in the north. It includes Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point in Africa, and has coastline on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

The largest town is Grabouw (pop. 44,593) in the Elgin Valley adjacent to the Hottentots-Holland on the north-western edge of the district. The municipal headquarters are located at Bredasdorp (pop. 12,749) in the southern part of the district. Other major towns are Swellendam (pop. 13,557) on the Breede River in the north-east, Caledon (pop. 10,650) in the western interior, and Hermanus (pop. 10,500) on the Atlantic coast.

The Overberg district is divided into four local municipalities, which are described in the following table. Name Seat Population(2011) Area(km2) Density(inhabitants/km2) Theewaterskloof Caledon 108,790 3,232 33.7 Overstrand Hermanus 80,432 1,708 47.1 Cape Agulhas Bredasdorp 33,038 3,467 9.5 Swellendam Swellendam 35,916 3,835 9.4 Total 258,176 12,241 21.1 It borders on the City of Cape Town to the west, the Cape Winelands District Municipality to the north, and the Garden Route District Municipality to the east.

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through Stats SA SuperWEB . Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

First language Language Population % Afrikaans 176,037 70.3% Xhosa 44,857 17.9% English 17,123 6.8% Sotho 5,377 2.1% Tswana 1,002 0.4% Sign language 675 0.3% Zulu 629 0.3% Ndebele 462 0.2% Northern Sotho 229 0.1% Tsonga 211 0.1% Venda 129 0.1% Swazi 88 0.0% Other 3,574 1.4% Total 250,393 Not applicable 7,781

Race Race Population % Coloured 139,825 54.2% Black African 66,151 25.6% White 48,692 18.9% Indian or Asian 816 0.3% Other 2,692 1.0% Total 258,176Gender Gender Population % Male 129,370 50.1% Female 128,806 49.9% Total 258,176

Age Age group Population % 0–4 22,804 8.8% 5–9 19,696 7.6% 10–14 19,634 7.6% 15–19 19,863 7.7% 20–24 22,349 8.7% 25–29 25,325 9.8% 30–34 20,040 7.8% 35–39 19,052 7.4% 40–44 18,159 7.0% 45–49 15,756 6.1% 50–54 13,314 5.2% 55–59 10,674 4.1% 60–64 9,983 3.9% 65–69 7,935 3.1% 70–74 6,012 2.3% 75–79 3,758 1.5% 80–84 2,181 0.8% 85+ 989 0.4% Total 258,176

Politics

The council of the Overberg District Municipality consists of twenty-one councillors. Nine councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twelve are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Theewaterskloof, four by Overstrand, two by Cape Agulhas and one by Swellendam.

After the elections of 3 August 2016, fourteen of the councillors are Democratic Alliance (DA) representatives and seven are African National Congress (ANC) representatives. The mayor is Andries Franken and the deputy mayor is Archibald Klaas; both are members of the DA. The following table shows the composition of the council after the 2016 election.

Party DirectlyelectedAppointed by local councils Total Theewaterskloof Overstrand Cape Agulhas Swellendam 6 3 3 1 1 14 3 2 1 1 0 7

The following table shows the results of the election of the nine directly-elected members on 3 August 2016. Party Votes Vote % Seats 53,502 57.9% 6 32,707 35.4% 3 1,852 2.0% 0 1,417 1.5% 0 1,311 1.4% 0 740 0.8% 0 706 0.8% 0 155 0.2% 0 Total 92,390 9 Valid votes 92,390 97.9% Spoilt votes 1,934 2.1% Total votes cast 94,324 Registered voters 148,602 Turnout percentage 63.5%

References

External links

Official website Overberg District Municipality on the Western Cape Government website Electronic Gateway to the Cape Overberg Overberg Website