Ubuntu Local Municipality

Ubuntu Municipality (Afrikaans: Ubuntu Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Ubuntu) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of 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:

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Hutchinson		2.0	367	Afrikaans
Loxton		77.6	1,053	Afrikaans
Merriman		0.5	78	Afrikaans
Richmond		82.7	3,793	Afrikaans
Sabelo		0.4	1,329	Xhosa
Victoria West		78.9	8,254	Afrikaans
Remainder		20,147.1	3,727	Afrikaans
Total	20,389.2	18,601	Afrikaans

The Ubuntu Municipality has been criticised for illegal traffic fines and harassing motorists.

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 seven seats.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Ubuntu local election, 1 November 2021
Party	Votes	Seats
Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	3,515	3,545	7,060	61.5%	6	1	7
	Democratic Alliance	1,584	1,756	3,340	29.1%	0	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	218	221	439	3.8%	0	1	1
	Economic Freedom Fighters	170	184	354	3.1%	0	0	0
	Independent candidates	286	–	286	2.5%	0	–	0
Total	5,773	5,706	11,479		6	5	11

Valid votes	5,773	5,706	11,479	97.8%
Spoilt votes	94	161	255	2.2%
Total votes cast	5,867	5,867	11,734

Voter turnout	5,870
Registered voters	9,678
Turnout percentage	60.7%