Camdeboo
Former local municipality
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
SeatGraaff-Reinet
Wards7
MayorHanna Makoba
Area total12422 km²
Population total50993
Population as of2011
Black African24.8%
Coloured64.8%
Indian/Asian0.4%
White9.6%
Afrikaans78.7%
Xhosa15.7%
English3.8%
Other1.8%
Time zoneSAST (UTC+2)
Municipal codeEC101

Camdeboo Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.

The name Camdeboo (or Qamdobowa in Xhosa language) has evolved from a phonetically similar Khoi word meaning "green hollow".[1]

Main places

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

PlaceCodePopulationMost spoken language
Aberdeen2610055,133Afrikaans
Graaff-Reinet26100326,585Afrikaans
Kendrew26100757Afrikaans
Nieu-Bethesda2610011,540Afrikaans
Thembalesizwe2610062,029Xhosa
uMasizakhe2610049,087Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality2610026,562Afrikaans

Politics

Main article: Camdeboo Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consisted of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  2. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Camdeboo". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Camdeboo". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.