Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality Languages
The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality:
67.1% Setswana;
17.4% Afrikaans;
4.2% English;
1.4% IsiZulu;
1.3% Sesotho;
1.0% IsiXhosa;
0.9% IsiNdebele ...[ 4]
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards , while the remaining six 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 seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[ 5]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 5,677 53.87 6 5,943 58.41 1 7 Freedom Front Plus 1,043 9.90 0 1,361 13.38 2 2 Economic Freedom Fighters 1,084 10.29 0 1,267 12.45 2 2 Independent candidates 1,951 18.51 1 1 Democratic Alliance 672 6.38 0 935 9.19 1 1 5 other parties 111 1.05 0 668 6.57 0 0 Total 10,538 100.00 7 10,174 100.00 6 13 Valid votes 10,538 97.89 10,174 94.77 Invalid/blank votes 227 2.11 561 5.23 Total votes 10,765 100.00 10,735 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 21,952 49.04 21,952 48.90
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