Karoo Hoogland is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa.
Karoo Hoogland | |
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Local municipality | |
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![]() Location in the Northern Cape | |
Coordinates: 31°45′S 21°15′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | Namakwa |
Seat | Williston |
Wards | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Anthony S Mietas (PA) |
Area | |
• Total | 32,274 km2 (12,461 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 12,588 |
• Density | 0.39/km2 (1.0/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 5.5% |
• Coloured | 78.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 14.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 96.3% |
• English | 1.3% |
• Other | 2.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NC066 |
Hoogland an Afrikaans word meaning "highland" and Karoo is a Khoi word meaning "hard" or "dry". The name reflects the area which has dry, arid and desert-like conditions.[4]
The municipality incorporates the towns of Williston, Fraserburg and Sutherland. Although the towns are separated by more than 100 km by road, they share many administrative tasks.
Karoo Hoogland elected the first (and so far only) mayor from COPE, Jan Julies, in 2011, as a COPE-DA coalition took control of the council after the election of 18 May 2011.[5] This lasted until the 2016 elections.
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Fraserburg | 367003 | 98.9 | 3,029 |
Sutherland | 367004 | 36.0 | 2,836 |
Williston | 367001 | 77.9 | 3,368 |
Remainder | 367002 | 32,061.1 | 3,356 |
Total | 32,273.9 | 12,588 |
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]
Karoo Hoogland local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
African National Congress | 1,815 | 1,803 | 3,618 | 40.8% | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,337 | 1,335 | 2,672 | 30.2% | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Patriotic Alliance | 962 | 994 | 1,956 | 22.1% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 229 | 225 | 454 | 5.1% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 42 | 60 | 102 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 29 | 29 | 58 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 4,414 | 4,446 | 8,860 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
Valid votes | 4,414 | 4,446 | 8,860 | 98.7% | ||||
Spoilt votes | 64 | 57 | 121 | 1.3% | ||||
Total votes cast | 4,478 | 4,503 | 8,981 | |||||
Voter turnout | 4,507 | |||||||
Registered voters | 7,250 | |||||||
Turnout percentage | 62.2% |
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Municipalities and communities of Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape | ||
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District seat: Springbok | ||
Hantam |
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Kamiesberg |
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Karoo Hoogland |
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Khâi-Ma |
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Nama Khoi |
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Richtersveld |
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Municipalities of the Northern Cape | ||
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Namakwa District |
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Pixley ka Seme District |
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ZF Mgcawu District |
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Frances Baard District |
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John Taolo Gaetsewe District |
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List of municipalities in the Northern Cape |