Siyathemba Local Municipality


Siyathemba Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
E'Thembeni2.143,073Afrikaans
Marydale75.112,080Afrikaans
Niekerkshoop31.012,001Afrikaans
Prieska194.258,447Afrikaans
Westerberg10.410-
Remainder of the municipality7,938.901,920Afrikaans

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 five 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.