Country South Africa Seat Victoria West Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 20,389 km² Black african population 21.3% Native english speakers 1.8% Province Northern Cape | District Pixley ka Seme Wards 4 Municipal code NC071 White population 7.6% Native afrikaans speakers 82.7% Native xhosa speakers 12.5% | |
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Ubuntu Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
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Map of Victoria West, South Africa
Its seat is Victoria West; other towns in the municipality are Richmond, Loxton and two small railway villages Hutchinson and Merriman.
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Criticism
The Ubuntu Municipality has been criticised for illegal traffic fines and harassing motorists.
Politics
The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four 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 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. With the two sides—the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance–Congress of the People coalition—having an equal number of seats the impasse was solved by a coin toss, which was won by the African National Congress.
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.