Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality

Dawid Kruiper Municipality is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Mier and //Khara Hais local municipalities. The municipality is named after the San politician Dawid Kruiper.

Demographics

According to the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 125,744 people, representing an increase from 100,498 in 2011. Of these, 70.7% identified as "Coloured," 19.7% as "Black African," and 8.5% as "White."

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 the African National Congress won a majority of eighteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.