Khâi-Ma Local Municipality
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Khâi-Ma Municipality (Afrikaans: Khâi-Ma Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Khâi-Ma) is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Khâi-Ma is a Khoekhoe word meaning "to stand up".
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggeneys | 205.7 | 2,262 | |
| Onseepkans | 27.7 | 2,090 | |
| Pella | 477.8 | 2,470 | |
| Pofadder | 162.1 | 3,287 | |
| Witbank | 0.4 | 210 | |
| Remainder | 15,754.2 | 2,148 | |
| Total | 16,628.0 | 12,465 |
Demographics
According to the 2022 South African census, the population of the municipality decreased to 8,510 people from 12,446 in 2011. Of those, 85.6% identified as "Coloured," 8.9% as "Black African," and 4.7% as "White."
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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
| Khâi-Ma local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 2,199 | 2,204 | 4,403 | 50.5% | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Namakwa Civic Movement | 820 | 889 | 1,709 | 19.6% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 512 | 507 | 1,019 | 11.7% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 272 | 275 | 547 | 6.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 255 | 247 | 502 | 5.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 147 | 143 | 290 | 3.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Economic Fighters | 52 | 61 | 113 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 89 | – | 89 | 1.0% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Royal Kingdoms Organization | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,361 | 4,350 | 8,711 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,361 | 4,350 | 8,711 | 98.5% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 57 | 74 | 131 | 1.5% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 4,418 | 4,424 | 8,842 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 4,430 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 7,799 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 56.8% |