Ubuntu Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Its seat is Victoria West. Other towns in the municipality are Richmond, Loxton and two small railway villages Hutchinson and Merriman.
Main places The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Hutchinson 369007 2.0 367 Afrikaans Loxton 369006 77.6 1,053 Afrikaans Merriman 369001 0.5 78 Afrikaans Richmond 369003 82.7 3,793 Afrikaans Sabelo 369004 0.4 1,329 Xhosa Victoria West 369005 78.9 8,254 Afrikaans Remainder 369002 20,147.1 3,727 Afrikaans Total 20,389.2 18,601 Afrikaans
Criticism The Ubuntu Municipality has been criticised for illegal traffic fines and harassing motorists.
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 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. Ubuntu local election, 1 November 2021 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 3,515 3,545 7,060 61.5% 6 1 7 1,584 1,756 3,340 29.1% 0 3 3 218 221 439 3.8% 0 1 1 170 184 354 3.1% 0 0 0 286 – 286 2.5% 0 – 0 Total 5,773 5,706 11,479 6 5 11 Valid votes 5,773 5,706 11,479 97.8% Spoilt votes 94 161 255 2.2% Total votes cast 5,867 5,867 11,734 Voter turnout 5,870 Registered voters 9,678 Turnout percentage 60.7%
References
External links http://www.ubuntu.gov.za/