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The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
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.
Dihlabeng Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Dihlabeng; Afrikaans: Dihlabeng Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.
The town was laid out on the bank of the Brakrivier watercourse in 1843, [4] when the Dutch Reformed Church bought the farm Zeekoegat from the estate of J.H. Classens. It was named Victoria in 1844, after Queen Victoria, though amended to Victoria West in 1855 to distinguish it from an Eastern Cape district. [5]
Phalaborwa is home to Palabora Mining.The massive open pit mine, nearly 2,000 meters across, is Africa's widest manmade hole. Founded in 1951, Foskor's Mining Division in Phalaborwa mines phosphate rock (foskorite and pyroxenite), from which Foskor's Acid Division in Richards Bay produces phosphoric acid and phosphate-based granular fertilisers for local and international markets.
Botrivier is a small town of approximately 10 000 people, [2] situated in the Overberg region of the Western Cape in South Africa.. Village in the former Caledon district, 93 km southeast of Cape Town.
Springbok is the largest town in the Namaqualand area in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.It was called Springbokfontein until 1911, when it was shortened to Springbok. [2]