Baviaans Local Municipality

Baviaans Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.

Baviaans
Former local municipality
Seal
Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 33°18′S 23°29′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Seat	Willowmore
Wards	4
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ewald Lock (DA)
Area
• Total	11,668 km2 (4,505 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	17,761
• Density	1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	12.0%
• Coloured	80.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	7.0%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Afrikaans	91.2%
• Xhosa	5.8%
• English	1.7%
• Other	1.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	EC107

The municipality was named after the Baviaanskloof. The name is of Dutch origin and means "baboons ravine".^[3]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Steytlerville	20702	22.03	713	Afrikaans
Vuyolwetho	20703	2.58	2,912	Afrikaans
Willowmore	20704	20.24	6,398	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	20701	7,679.23	5,312	Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consisted of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received.

In the 2009 South African general election the Democratic Alliance won a plurality of 45.77% (2,290 votes), while the African National Congress received only 44.73% (2,238 vote). Other minor parties included COPE with 4.72% (236 votes) and the Independent Democrats with 2.12% (106 votes)^[5]

In the election of 18 May 2011 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a majority of four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	DA	3,644	3,629	7,273	55.4	3	1	4
	ANC	2,922	2,940	5,862	44.6	1	2	3
Total		6,566	6,569	13,135	100.0	4	3	7
Spoilt votes		83	86	169