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Theewaterskloof Municipality (Afrikaans: Theewaterskloof Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Theewaterskloof) is a local municipality located within the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022, the population was 139,563. Its municipality code is WC031.
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 .
The Theewaterskloof Local Municipality council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
The municipalities of South Africa as of 2016. This is a list of municipalities of South Africa. The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.
Saldanha Bay Local Municipality: WC014 West Coast Vredenburg: 2,015 111,173 55.2 Stellenbosch Local Municipality: WC024 Cape Winelands Stellenbosch: 831 173,197 208.4 Swartland Local Municipality: WC015 West Coast Malmesbury: 3,707 133,762 36.1 Swellendam Local Municipality: WC034 Overberg Swellendam: 3,835 40,211 10.5 Theewaterskloof Local ...
The basic structure of local government originates from Chapter 7 of the Constitution of South Africa. In addition to this a number of acts of Parliament regulate the organisation of local government. The principal statutes are: Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act 27 of 1998)
Caledon, originally named Swartberg, is a town in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Cape Town next to mineral-rich hot springs. As of 2011 it had a population of 13,020. [3] It is located in, and the seat of, the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality.
Theewaterskloof may refer to: Theewaterskloof Dam , near Villiersdorp, Western Cape, South Africa Theewaterskloof Local Municipality , governing Villiersdorp and the surrounding area in the Western Cape, South Africa