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Overberg District Municipality

{{about|the District Municipality|the region|Overberg}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Overberg

| official_name =

| other_name =

| native_name =

| settlement_type = District municipality

| image_seal = Overberg_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of South Africa with Overberg highlighted (2011).svg

| mapsize =

| map_alt = The Overberg District Municipality is located in the southern part of the Western Cape province, to the south-east of Cape Town.

| map_caption = Location in South Africa

| image_map1 = Map of the Overberg district with local municipalities labelled.svg

| map_caption1 = Local municipalities within the Overberg

| coordinates = {{coord|34|30|S|20|0|E|region:ZA_type:adm2nd_dim:150km|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Western Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 =

| seat = Bredasdorp

| parts_type = Local municipalities

| p1 = Theewaterskloof

| p2 = Overstrand

| p3 = Cape Agulhas

| p4 = Swellendam

| parts =

| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://odm.org.za/mayoral-commitee-1 |title=Mayoral Committee |access-date=25 September 2024 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party = DA

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Andries Franken

| leader_title1 = Deputy Mayor

| leader_name1 = Helen Coetzee (DA)

| leader_title2 =

| leader_name2 =

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 12241

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 258176

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 25.6%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 54.2%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 18.9%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info1 = 70.3%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Xhosa}}

| demographics2_info2 = 17.9%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 6.8%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Sotho}}

| demographics2_info4 = 2.1%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 2.9%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = DC3

| footnotes =

}}

The Overberg District Municipality ({{langx|af|Overberg-distriksmunisipaliteit}}; {{langx|xh|uMasipala weSithili sase Overberg}}) is a district municipality that governs the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is divided into four local municipalities and includes the major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Hermanus, Bredasdorp and Swellendam. The municipal area covers {{convert|12241|km2}} and had in 2007 an estimated population of 212,787 people in 60,056 households.{{cite report |title=Community Survey, 2007: Basic Results: Municipalities |publisher=Statistics South Africa |date=11 March 2008 |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf |access-date=18 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825124835/http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf |archive-date=25 August 2013 }}

Geography

The Overberg municipal area covers {{convert|12241|km2}} lying to the south-east of Cape Town. It stretches from the Hottentots-Holland mountains in the west to the Breede River mouth in the east, and as far as the Riviersonderend Mountains in the north. It includes Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point in Africa, and has coastline on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

The largest town is Grabouw (pop. 44,593) in the Elgin Valley adjacent to the Hottentots-Holland on the north-western edge of the district. The municipal headquarters are located at Bredasdorp (pop. 12,749) in the southern part of the district. Other major towns are Swellendam (pop. 13,557) on the Breede River in the north-east, Caledon (pop. 10,650) in the western interior, and Hermanus (pop. 10,500) on the Atlantic coast.

The Overberg district is divided into four local municipalities, which are described in the following table.

class="wikitable sortable"
NameSeatPopulation
(2011)		Area
(km2)		Density
(inhabitants/km2)
Theewaterskloof{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/225/theewaterskloof-local-municipality |title=Theewaterskloof Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Caledonstyle="text-align:right"| 108,790style="text-align:right"| 3,232style="text-align:right"| 33.7
Overstrand{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/223/overstrand-local-municipality |title=Overstrand Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Hermanusstyle="text-align:right"| 80,432style="text-align:right"| 1,708style="text-align:right"| 47.1
Cape Agulhas{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/222/cape-agulhas-local-municipality |title=Cape Agulhas Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Bredasdorpstyle="text-align:right"| 33,038style="text-align:right"| 3,467style="text-align:right"| 9.5
Swellendam{{cite web |url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/224/swellendam-local-municipality |title=Swellendam Local Municipality |work=The Local Government Handbook |access-date=16 June 2013}}Swellendamstyle="text-align:right"| 35,916style="text-align:right"| 3,835style="text-align:right"| 9.4
class="sortbottom"

|colspan=2| Total

style="text-align:right"| 258,176style="text-align:right"| 12,241style="text-align:right"| 21.1

It borders on the City of Cape Town to the west, the Cape Winelands District Municipality to the north, and the Garden Route District Municipality to the east.

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through [http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/ Stats SA SuperWEB] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930103145/http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/ |date=2013-09-30 }}. Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

{|cellpadding=10

|-valign=top

|

=First language=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
LanguagePopulation%
style="text-align:left"| Afrikaans176,03770.3%
style="text-align:left"| Xhosa44,85717.9%
style="text-align:left"| English17,1236.8%
style="text-align:left"| Sotho5,3772.1%
style="text-align:left"| Tswana1,0020.4%
style="text-align:left"| Sign language6750.3%
style="text-align:left"| Zulu6290.3%
style="text-align:left"| Ndebele4620.2%
style="text-align:left"| Northern Sotho2290.1%
style="text-align:left"| Tsonga2110.1%
style="text-align:left"| Venda1290.1%
style="text-align:left"| Swazi880.0%
style="text-align:left"| Other3,5741.4%
style="text-align:left"| Total250,393
style="text-align:left"| Not applicable7,781

=Race=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
RacePopulation%
style="text-align:left"| Coloured

| 139,825

| 54.2%

style="text-align:left"| Black African

| 66,151

| 25.6%

style="text-align:left"| White

| 48,692

| 18.9%

style="text-align:left"| Indian or Asian

| 816

| 0.3%

style="text-align:left"| Other

| 2,692

| 1.0%

style="text-align:left"| Total

| 258,176

|

|

=Gender=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
GenderPopulation%
style="text-align:left"| Male

| 129,370

| 50.1%

style="text-align:left"| Female

| 128,806

| 49.9%

style="text-align:left"| Total

| 258,176

|

=Age=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
Age groupPopulation%
style="text-align:left"| 0–422,8048.8%
style="text-align:left"| 5–919,6967.6%
style="text-align:left"| 10–1419,6347.6%
style="text-align:left"| 15–1919,8637.7%
style="text-align:left"| 20–2422,3498.7%
style="text-align:left"| 25–2925,3259.8%
style="text-align:left"| 30–3420,0407.8%
style="text-align:left"| 35–3919,0527.4%
style="text-align:left"| 40–4418,1597.0%
style="text-align:left"| 45–4915,7566.1%
style="text-align:left"| 50–5413,3145.2%
style="text-align:left"| 55–5910,6744.1%
style="text-align:left"| 60–649,9833.9%
style="text-align:left"| 65–697,9353.1%
style="text-align:left"| 70–746,0122.3%
style="text-align:left"| 75–793,7581.5%
style="text-align:left"| 80–842,1810.8%
style="text-align:left"| 85+9890.4%
style="text-align:left"| Total258,176

|}

Politics

{{Politics of Western Cape}}

The council of the Overberg District Municipality consists of twenty-one councillors. Nine councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twelve are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Theewaterskloof, four by Overstrand, two by Cape Agulhas and one by Swellendam.

After the elections of 3 August 2016, fourteen of the councillors are Democratic Alliance (DA) representatives and seven are African National Congress (ANC) representatives. The mayor is Andries Franken and the deputy mayor is Archibald Klaas; both are members of the DA.{{cite web |url=http://www.odm.org.za/executive-mayor |title=Executive Mayor |website=Overberg District Municipality |access-date=5 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.odm.org.za/cllr-archibald-klaas-deputy-mayor |title=Cllr. Archibald Klaas (Deputy Mayor) |website=Overberg District Municipality |access-date=5 May 2017}} The following table shows the composition of the council after the 2016 election.{{cite web |url=https://www.westerncape.gov.za/sites/www.westerncape.gov.za/files/political_composition_march_2017_0.pdf |title=Political composition of councils February 2017 |date=February 2017 |publisher=Western Cape Department of Local Government |access-date=24 May 2017}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Party

!rowspan="2"| Directly
elected

!colspan="4" |Appointed by local councils

!rowspan="2" | Total

TheewaterskloofOverstrandCape AgulhasSwellendam
{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 6

331114
{{Party name with colour|African National Congress|shortname=African National Congress}}

| 3

21107

The following table shows the results of the election of the nine directly-elected members on 3 August 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/WP/DC3.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: DC3 - Overberg |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=27 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/WP/DC3.pdf |title=Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC3 - Overberg |publisher=Electoral Commission |access-date=27 May 2017}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
colspan=2| PartyVotesVote %Seats
{{Party name with colour|Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 53,502

57.9%6
{{Party name with colour|African National Congress|shortname=African National Congress}}

| 32,707

35.4%3
{{Party name with colour|Economic Freedom Fighters|shortname=Economic Freedom Fighters}}

| 1,852

2.0%0
{{Party name with colour|Dienslewerings Party |shortname=Dienslewerings Party}}

| 1,417

1.5%0
{{Party name with colour|Freedom Front Plus}}

| 1,311

1.4%0
{{Party name with colour|Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa}}

| 740

0.8%0
{{Party name with colour|United Democratic Movement|shortname=United Democratic Movement}}

| 706

0.8%0
{{Party name with colour|People's Democratic Movement (South Africa) |shortname=People's Democratic Movement}}

| 155

0.2%0
colspan=2 style="text-align:left"| Total92,3909
colspan="5"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes

| 92,390

97.9%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 1,934

2.1%
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast

| 94,324

colspan="4"|
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters

| 148,602

colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage

| 63.5%

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{commons category|Overberg District Municipality}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080919073218/http://www.odm.org.za/ Official website]
  • [http://www.westerncape.gov.za/eng/your_gov/12188 Overberg District Municipality on the Western Cape Government website]
  • [http://www.overberginfo.com/ Electronic Gateway to the Cape Overberg]
  • [http://www.overberg.co.za/ Overberg Website]

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