Country South Africa Seat Pofadder Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 16,628 km² Black african population 17.6% Native english speakers 1.2% | Province Northern Cape Wards 4 Municipal code NC067 White population 6% Native afrikaans speakers 83.3% Native tswana speakers 10.9% | |
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District Namakwa District Municipality | ||
Khâi-Ma is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa. Khai-Ma is a Khoi word meaning "to stand up".
Contents
Map of Pofadder, South Africa
Main places
The 2011 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 African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
References
Khâi-Ma Local Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA