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Siyancuma Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Seat
  
Douglas

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
16,753 km²

Black african population
  
33%

Native english speakers
  
1.3%

Province
  
Northern Cape

Wards
  
6

Municipal code
  
NC078

White population
  
7.5%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
90.5%

Native tswana speakers
  
5.1%

Siyancuma Local Municipality

District
  
Pixley ka Seme District Municipality

Siyancuma Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Contents

Map of Griekwastad, South Africa

Main places

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

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

Siyancuma Local Municipality Wikipedia