Nama Khoi Local Municipality

Nama Khoi Municipality (Afrikaans: Nama Khoi Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Its seat is Springbok.

Nama Khoi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 29°30′S 18°00′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Namakwa
Seat	Springbok
Wards	9
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Gustav Bock (NCM)
Area
• Total	17,989 km2 (6,946 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	67,089
• Density	3.7/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [3]
• Black African	4.8%
• Coloured	88.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	5.2%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	95.9%
• Xhosa	1.0%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC062

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Bulletrap	364006	1.8	415
Carolusberg	364013	123.6	1,336
Concordia	364007	4.8	4,988
Goodhouse	364004	0.3	171
Kleinzee	364009	9.1	728
Kleinzee Mine	364008	160.2	3
Komaggas	364014	2.6	3,116
Kotzehoop	364001	9.3	467
Nababeep	364010	123.1	5,374
Okiep	364011	38.6	6,304
Springbok	364012	37.6	12,790
Steinkopf	364005	7.6	7,842
Vioolsdrif	364003	2.0	599
Remainder	364002	17,468.1	2,909
Total		17,988.6	47,041

Politics

Main article: Nama Khoi Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 no party obtained a majority on the council.^[5][6] The Democratic Alliance and the Namakwa Civic Movement formed a coalition to govern the municipality,

Nama Khoi local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	6,625	6,513	13,138	42.0%	7	0	7
	Democratic Alliance	4,665	4,739	9,404	30.1%	1	4	5
	Namakwa Civic Movement	3,229	3,290	6,519	20.8%	1	3	4
	Freedom Front Plus	223	234	457	1.5%	0	1	1
	Khoisan Revolution	213	225	438	1.4%	0	0	0
	Good	145	147	292	0.9%	0	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	123	168	291	0.9%	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	131	143	274	0.9%	0	0	0
	Economic Freedom Fighters	115	120	235	0.8%	0	0	0
	National Economic Fighters	132	–	132	0.4%	0	–	0
	Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa	34	31	65	0.2%	0	0	0
	African Transformation Movement	1	19	20	0.1%	0	0	0
	South African Royal Kingdoms Organization	4	6	10	0.0%	0	0	0
Total		15,640	15,635	31,275		9	8	17
Valid votes		15,640	15,635	31,275	98.9%
Spoilt votes		174	179	353	1.1%
Total votes cast		15,814	15,814	31,628
Voter turnout		15,814
Registered voters		29,072
Turnout percentage		54.4%