Ubuntu Local Municipality
| Ubuntu | |
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| Local municipality | |
.svg) Location in the Northern Cape |
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| Coordinates: 31°20′S 23°00′E / 31.333°S 23.000°ECoordinates: 31°20′S 23°00′E / 31.333°S 23.000°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat | Victoria West |
| Wards | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Christian Arens |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20,389 km2 (7,872 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 18,601 |
| • Density | 0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 21.3% |
| • Coloured | 69.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 7.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 82.7% |
| • Xhosa | 12.5% |
| • English | 1.8% |
| • Other | 3% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
| Municipal code | NC071 |
Ubuntu Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Its seat is Victoria West; other towns in the municipality are Richmond, Loxton and two small railway villages Hutchinson and Merriman.
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The Ubuntu Municipality has been criticised for illegal traffic fines and harassing motorists.
The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four 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 18 May 2011 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. With the two sides—the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance–Congress of the People coalition—having an equal number of seats the impasse was solved by a coin toss, which was won by the African National Congress.
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