Kareeberg Local Municipality

Kareeberg Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name originates from a mountain range in the region, the Karee Mountains.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Code	Area	Population	Most spoken language
Carnarvon		8.07	5,235	Afrikaans
Van Wyksvlei		8.54	1,418	Afrikaans
Vosburg		0.99	1,125	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality		17,681.08	1,702	Afrikaans

According to the 2022 South African census, the municipality had a population of 10,961 people, a slight decrease from the 2011 population of 11,673. 86.4% of residents identified as "Coloured," 9.2% as "White," and 3.6% as "Black African."

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.

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.