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Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality

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On 8 December 2022 the PA/ANC coalition collapsed during a no confidence motion brought by the DA. Consequently the PA mayor Anthony Mietas was replaced by the DA’s Johan van der Colff.
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no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the
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word meaning "hard" or "dry". The name reflects the area which has dry, arid and desert-like conditions.
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The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by
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Local municipalities of the Namakwa District Municipality
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In 2011, Karoo Hoogland elected the first mayor from the
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This lasted until the 2016 elections. 190:32,274 km (12,461 sq mi) 1763: 1137:Cruywagen, Vincent (8 December 2022). 1507: 1175: 1024:South African Languages - Place names 588: 413:(COPE) party, Jan Julies, and a COPE- 1264:Namakwa District within South Africa 1116:Electoral Commission of South Africa 1087:Electoral Commission of South Africa 1062:"Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality" 13: 1259: 1202:Municipalities and communities of 14: 1782: 1160: 562:. Six councillors are elected by 1588: 56: 41: 1080:"Results Summary - All Ballots" 1130: 1101: 1072: 1054: 1028: 1017: 945: 424: 1: 1204:Namakwa District Municipality 938: 370:Namakwa District Municipality 362:Karoo Hoogland Munisipaliteit 62:Location in the Northern Cape 1723:John Taolo Gaetsewe District 7: 1036:"First COPE mayor sworn in" 957:Karoo Hoogland Municipality 576:election of 1 November 2021 547: 538: 533: 523: 520: 505: 502: 487: 484: 469: 466: 354:Karoo Hoogland Municipality 10: 1787: 564:first-past-the-post voting 551: 1749: 1721: 1688: 1650: 1597: 1586: 1545: 1458: 1385: 1352: 1324: 1271: 1257: 1226: 1214: 1109:"Seat Calculation Detail" 1005:. Statistics South Africa 983:. 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Sapa. 31 May 2011 926:Turnout percentage 656:Democratic Alliance 344:Municipal code 83: /  1652:ZF Mgcawu District 1266: 918:Registered voters 716:Freedom Front Plus 686:Patriotic Alliance 366:local municipality 200: • Total 187: • Total 170: • Mayor 31:Local municipality 1758: 1757: 1501: 1500: 1118:. 8 November 2021 1089:. 8 November 2021 933: 932: 545: 544: 351: 350: 164:Municipal council 160: • Type 87:31.750°S 21.250°E 1778: 1592: 1547:Namakwa District 1528: 1521: 1514: 1505: 1504: 1196: 1189: 1182: 1173: 1172: 1167:Official website 1154: 1153: 1151: 1149: 1134: 1128: 1127: 1125: 1123: 1113: 1105: 1099: 1098: 1096: 1094: 1084: 1076: 1070: 1069: 1058: 1052: 1051: 1049: 1047: 1032: 1026: 1021: 1015: 1014: 1012: 1010: 999: 993: 992: 990: 988: 977: 968: 967: 965: 964: 953:"Munisipaliteit" 949: 883:Total votes cast 581: 580: 440: 439: 319: 308: 295: 285: 272: 259: 242: 229: 219: 173:Anthony Mietas ( 98: 97: 95: 94: 93: 88: 84: 81: 80: 79: 76: 60: 45: 19: 18: 1786: 1785: 1781: 1780: 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Local municipality
Official seal of Karoo Hoogland
Location in the Northern Cape
31°45′S 21°15′E / 31.750°S 21.250°E / -31.750; 21.250
South Africa
Northern Cape
District
Namakwa
Williston
Wards
Municipal council
PA
Black African
Coloured
Indian
Asian
White
First languages
Afrikaans
English
Time zone
UTC+2
SAST
Afrikaans
local municipality
Namakwa District Municipality
Northern Cape
South Africa
Williston
Fraserburg

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