Sol Plaatje Local Municipality
| Sol Plaatje | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in the Northern Cape |
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| Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°ECoordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Northern Cape | |
| District | Frances Baard | |
| Seat | Kimberley | |
| Wards | 31 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Mangaliso Matika (ANC) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 248,041 | |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 61.2% | |
| • Coloured | 27.4% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.2% | |
| • White | 7.5% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Afrikaans | 45.2% | |
| • Tswana | 33.2% | |
| • English | 8.0% | |
| • Xhosa | 5.6% | |
| • Other | 8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | NC091 | |
The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Frances Baard District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 thirty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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