Ubuntu 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 | Amelia Kweleta (ANC) |
| 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 seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three 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 no party obtained a majority on the council; the Democratic Alliance (DA) formed a coalition with two independents to govern the municipality.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.
In August 2017 the ANC took over the council after the DA-Independent coalition collapsed. One of the independent councillors joined with the ANC in a vote of no confidence in the independent mayor. The two DA councillors abstained. ANC councillor Amelia Kweleta was then elected mayor.
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