Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality

Ga-Segonyana Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Ga-Segonyana; Afrikaans: Ga-Segonyana Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Ga-Segonyana
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°40′S 23°30′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Seat	Kuruman
Wards	15
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Victor Makoke
Area
• Total	4,492 km2 (1,734 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	117,454
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	92.3%
• Coloured	5.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2.1%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	79.2%
• Afrikaans	12.9%
• English	2.9%
• Southern Ndebele	1.0%
• Other	4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC452

Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman.^[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware	68101	459.53	37,270
Ga Mohana	38101	2.83	3,674
Gathlose	38103	498.52	116
Kudumane	68102	198.06	14,033
Kuruman Part 1	68103	32.22	0
Kuruman Part 2	38104	93.61	9,824
Mothibistad	68104	2.93	4,626
Remainder of the municipality	38102	3,197.71	849

Demographics

According to the 2022 South African census, the municipality had a population of 117,454 people. Of these, 5.2% identified as "Coloured," 92.3% as "Black African," and 2.1% as "White."^[6]

Politics

Main article: Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council.^[7][8]

The following table shows the results of the election.

Ga-Segonyana local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	11,702	12,233	23,935	55.5%	14	3	17
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,482	4,815	9,297	21.5%	0	7	7
	Democratic Alliance	2,408	2,421	4,829	11.2%	1	2	3
	Independent candidates	1,648	–	1,648	3.8%	0	–	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	375	501	876	2.0%	0	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	208	488	696	1.6%	0	1	1
	Patriotic Alliance	242	361	603	1.4%	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	222	228	450	1.0%	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	199	216	415	1.0%	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	114	262	376	0.9%	0	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	2	27	29	0.1%	0	0	0
Total		21,602	21,552	43,154		15	14	29
Valid votes		21,602	21,552	43,154	97.8%
Spoilt votes		476	516	992	2.2%
Total votes cast		22,078	22,068	44,146
Voter turnout		22,176
Registered voters		50,908
Turnout percentage		43.6%