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Kai ǃGarib Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Seat
  
Kakamas

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
26,358 km²

Black african population
  
28.3%

Native english speakers
  
1.2%

Province
  
Northern Cape

Wards
  
9

Municipal code
  
NC082

White population
  
6.3%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
71.9%

Native tswana speakers
  
24.2%

Kai ǃGarib Local Municipality

District
  
ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

Kai ǃGarib is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District of Northern Cape in South Africa. The name Kai ǃGarib originates from the Khoi language and means "big great river", referring to the Orange River that flows through the area.

Contents

Map of Keimoes, South Africa

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

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 on 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

Kai ǃGarib Local Municipality Wikipedia