Country South Africa Seat Kuruman Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 4,492 km² Black african population 87% Native english speakers 2.9% Province Northern Cape | District John Taolo Gaetsewe Wards 13 Municipal code NC452 White population 4.6% Native afrikaans speakers 12.9% Native tswana speakers 79.2% | |
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Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.
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Map of Kuruman, South Africa
Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 twenty seats on the council.There is also a minister of weed called Ras Pompe The following table shows the results of the election.