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Knysna Municipality (Afrikaans: Knysna Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Knysna) is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022, its population is 96,055. Its municipal code is WC048.
The Knysna Local Municipality council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
Kannaland Local Municipality: WC041 Garden Route Ladismith: 4,765 24,168 5.1 Knysna Local Municipality: WC048 Garden Route Knysna: 1,109 73,835 66.6 Laingsburg Local Municipality: WC051 Central Karoo Laingsburg: 8,784 8,895 1.0 Langeberg Local Municipality: WC026 Cape Winelands Ashton: 4,518 105,483 23.3 Matzikama Local Municipality: WC011 West ...
The council of the Garden Route District Municipality consists of thirty-five councillors. Fourteen councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twenty-one are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: six by George, four by Mossel Bay, three each by Oudtshoorn and Knysna, two each by Hessequa and Bitou, and one by Kannaland.
The next major settler in Knysna was Captain Thomas Henry Duthie, who married Caroline, George Rex's daughter, and bought a portion of the Uitzigt farm from his father-in-law which Rex had named Belvidere. [24] The construction of a small Norman-style church was commissioned by Duthie on his property, and was consecrated in 1855. The settlement ...
The municipalities of South Africa as of 2016. This is a list of municipalities of South Africa.The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.
Willemse stood as the Knysna Independent Movement's candidate for Mayor of the Knysna Municipality and candidate for Ward 10 in the 2021 municipal elections. [21] [22] [23] He was elected back to council as one of two KIM PR councillors. After KIM and the DA formed a coalition, Willemse was elected deputy mayor of the municipality on 22 ...
Gouna is a village in the Western Cape in South Africa.The village lies about 6 km north of Knysna, 11 km east of Rheenendal and about 12 km northwest of Bracken Hill.Located in the Knysna forests, the village lies on a hill that forms part of the Outeniqua Mountains.