Greater Kokstad Local Municipality

Greater Kokstad
Local municipality
Seal
Location in KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 30°33′S 29°25′E / 30.550°S 29.417°ECoordinates: 30°33′S 29°25′E / 30.550°S 29.417°E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	Sisonke
Seat	Kokstad
Wards	8
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mbulelo Sithole
Area
• Total	2,680 km^2 (1,030 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	65,981
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	87.1%
• Coloured	8.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	3.3%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Xhosa	70.5%
• English	8.8%
• Zulu	7.5%
• Afrikaans	6.9%
• Other	6.3%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	KZN433

Greater Kokstad Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Kokstad is derived from Dutch, and it means "town of Kok". It was named after Adam Kok III.^[4]

Kokstad serves as the service centre and commercial hub for most of East Griqualand and nearby parts of the Eastern Cape it borders with.^[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[6]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Bhongweni	55001	2.17	15,745
Kokstad	55003	9.84	11,566
Mount Currie	55004	10.14	1,553
Remainder of the municipality	55002	2,660.74	27,659

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining eight 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twelve seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[7][8]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	15,467	14,407	29,868	75.1	8	4	12
	Democratic Alliance	3,277	3,178	6,455	16.2	0	3	3
	African Independent Congress	182	1,465	1,647	4.2	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	475	446	921	2.3	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	138	129	267	0.7	0	0	0
	Independent	236	–	236	0.6	0	–	0
	United Democratic Movement	63	115	178	0.5	0	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	100	76	176	0.4	0	0	0
Total		19,938	19,810	39,748	100.0	8	8	16
Spoilt votes		435	597	1,032

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. KwaZulu-Natal Top Business - Umzimkhulu Municipality
6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Kokstad" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Kokstad" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

• http://www.kokstad.org.za