Phokwane Local Municipality

Phokwane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Phokwane; Afrikaans: Phokwane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name means "small Billy goat" in Setswana.^[4]

Phokwane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°50′S 24°50′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Frances Baard
Seat	Hartswater
Wards	10
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Vuyisile Khen
Area
• Total	834 km2 (322 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	80,481
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	81.9%
• Coloured	8.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	8.9%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	66.6%
• Afrikaans	18.9%
• Xhosa	5.6%
• English	3.9%
• Other	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC094

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Banksdrif	386001	1.1	505
Ganspan	386006	1.2	2,301
Hartswater	386003	10.8	10,465
Jan Kempdorp	386005	19.1	24,220
Pampierstad	386004	10.4	21,707
Remainder	386002	791.3	3,802
Total		833.9	63,000

Politics

Main article: Phokwane Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats on the council.^[6][7] The following table shows the results of the election.

Phokwane local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	7,509	7,486	14,995	47.2%	10	0	10
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,679	3,746	7,425	23.4%	0	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,833	1,858	3,691	11.6%	0	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	931	901	1,832	5.8%	0	1	1
	Phokwane Service Delivery Forum	498	571	1,069	3.4%	0	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	338	404	742	2.3%	0	1	1
	Patriotic Front of Azania	294	408	702	2.2%	0	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	167	216	383	1.2%	0	0	0
	Independent candidates	372	–	372	1.2%	0	–	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	144	148	292	0.9%	0	0	0
	African People First	111	–	111	0.3%	0	–	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	48	56	104	0.3%	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	34	35	69	0.2%	0	0	0
Total		15,958	15,829	31,787		10	9	19
Valid votes		15,958	15,829	31,787	97.3%
Spoilt votes		455	442	897	2.7%
Total votes cast		16,413	16,271	32,684
Voter turnout		16,440
Registered voters		32,409
Turnout percentage		50.7%