Siyancuma Local Municipality
Siyancuma Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
Breipaal | 1.40 | 8,533 | Afrikaans | |
Campbell | 78.42 | 1,763 | Afrikaans | |
Douglas | 73.29 | 6,946 | Afrikaans | |
Griekwastad | 77.09 | 3,952 | Afrikaans | |
Mathlomola | 0.18 | 1,265 | Afrikaans | |
Ritchie | 140.31 | 953 | Afrikaans | |
Schmidtsdrift | 22.75 | 3,243 | ||
Remainder of the municipality | 9,634.35 | 9,152 | Afrikaans |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of eight seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.