Emthanjeni Local Municipality

Emthanjeni Municipality is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Emthanjeni is a Xhosa word meaning "vein", symbolising the importance of an underground water supply system to the area. It is also a translation of the name of the municipality's seat, De Aar.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area	Population	Most spoken language
Britstown		61.47	3,843	Afrikaans
De Aar		84.23	23,760	Afrikaans
Hanover		80.77	4,594	Afrikaans
Mziwabantu		1,08	1,302	Xhosa/Afrikaans
Nonzwakazi		1.27	6,230	Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality		13,243.48	2,626	Afrikaans

Demographics

According to the 2022 South African census, the population of the municipality was 46,587 people. Of these, 59.9% identified as "Coloured," 32.0% as "Black African," and 7.3% as "White."

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.