Country South Africa Seat Barkly West Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 7,315 km² Black african population 58.5% Native english speakers 2.1% Province Northern Cape | District Frances Baard Wards 7 Municipal code NC092 White population 3.6% Native afrikaans speakers 39.2% Native sotho speakers 1.7% | |
Dikgatlong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Frances Baard District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts and Vaal rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as 1700.
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Map of Barkley West, South Africa
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of ten seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.