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Emthanjeni
Local municipality
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Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 30°40′S 24°0′E / 30.667°S 24.000°E / -30.667; 24.000
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Pixley ka Seme
Seat	De Aar
Wards	8
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Boy Kenneth Markman
Area
• Total	13,472 km (5,202 sq mi)
Population
• Total	42,356
• Density	3.1/km (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	33.2%
• Coloured	57.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	8.0%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	70.3%
• Xhosa	23.8%
• English	2.3%
• Other	3.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC073
Website	emthanjeni.co.za

Emthanjeni Municipality (Afrikaans: Emthanjeni Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Emthanjeni) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Emthanjeni is a Xhosa word meaning "vein", symbolising the importance of an underground water supply system to the area. It is also a translation of the name of the municipality's seat, De Aar.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. South African Languages - Place names
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

• Official website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape
District seat: De Aar
Emthanjeni	Britstown De Aar Deelfontein Hanover
Kareeberg	Carnarvon Vanwyksvlei Vosburg
Renosterberg	Petrusville Philipstown Vanderkloof
Siyancuma	Campbell Douglas Griekwastad Plooysburg Schmidtsdrift
Siyathemba	Marydale Niekerkshoop Prieska
Thembelihle	Hopetown Orania Strydenburg
Ubuntu	Hutchinson Loxton Merriman Richmond Victoria West
Umsobomvu	Colesberg Norvalspont Noupoort

v t e Municipalities of the Northern Cape
Namakwa District	Richtersveld Nama Khoi Kamiesberg Hantam Karoo Hoogland Khâi-Ma
Pixley ka Seme District	Ubuntu Umsobomvu Emthanjeni Kareeberg Renosterberg Thembelihle Siyathemba Siyancuma
ZF Mgcawu District	Dawid Kruiper Kai ǃGarib ǃKheis Tsantsabane Kgatelopele
Frances Baard District	Sol Plaatje Dikgatlong Magareng Phokwane
John Taolo Gaetsewe District	Joe Morolong Ga-Segonyana Gamagara
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