Country South Africa Seat Willowmore Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 11,668 km² Black african population 12% Native english speakers 1.7% | District Sarah Baartman Wards 4 Municipal code EC107 White population 7% Native afrikaans speakers 91.2% Province Eastern Cape | |
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Points of interest Bhejane Game Reserve, Kouga Dam, War Memorial | Steytlerville | ||
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.
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Map of Willowmore, South Africa
The municipality is named after the Baviaanskloof. The name is of Dutch origin and means "baboons ravine".
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)
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
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 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.