ǃKheis Local Municipality


ǃKheis Municipality is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. ǃKheis is a Khoikhoi name meaning "a place where you live, or a home". The municipality is named in recognition of the Khoekhoe people who were the first permanent dwellers of the area.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Boegoeberg0.371,587
Gannaput0.37965
Groblershoop1.26437
Grootdrink0.462,177
Stutterheim0.803,043
Wegdraai0.771,559
Remainder of the municipality5,518.686,274

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.

Economy

As of 2020, 500 homes are powered by solar panels with battery storage.

Financial mismanagement

In January 2025, the municipality was listed as one of the top ten municipalities in arrears on their pension contributions.