Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
| Greater Kokstad | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in KwaZulu-Natal |
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| Coordinates: 30°33′S 29°25′E / 30.550°S 29.417°ECoordinates: 30°33′S 29°25′E / 30.550°S 29.417°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | KwaZulu-Natal | |
| District | Sisonke | |
| Seat | Kokstad | |
| Wards | 8 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Mbulelo Sithole | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,680 km2 (1,030 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 65,981 | |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 87.1% | |
| • Coloured | 8.2% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.1% | |
| • White | 3.3% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Xhosa | 70.5% | |
| • English | 8.8% | |
| • Zulu | 7.5% | |
| • Afrikaans | 6.9% | |
| • Other | 6.3% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | KZN433 | |
Greater Kokstad Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Kokstad is derived from Dutch, and it means "town of Kok". It was named after Adam Kok III.
Kokstad serves as the service centre and commercial hub for most of East Griqualand and nearby parts of the Eastern Cape it borders with.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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