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17-765: The municipality covers an area of 5,191 square kilometres (2,004 sq mi) in the Garden Route and Little Karoo regions. It includes the coastal plateau around the city of George , and extends northeast over the Outeniqua Mountains to include the eastern end of the Little Karoo as far as the Swartberg mountains and the boundary with the Eastern Cape province. It abuts on the Mossel Bay Municipality to

34-583: A management committee subordinate to the white council. There was a separate municipal council in neighbouring Pacaltsdorp where, uniquely amongst Cape Province municipalities, coloured voters retained the right to vote. Thembalethu was governed by a town council established under the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982 . In the Wilderness area there were three local councils for Wilderness proper, Wilderness Heights , and Hoekwil . Herolds Bay

51-570: A result of these negotiations, the existing local authorities were dissolved and transitional local councils (TLCs) were created for each town and village. The transitional councils were initially made up of members nominated by the various parties to the negotiations, until May 1996 when elections were held . At these elections the Regional Services Councils were replaced by District Councils (DCs), and transitional representative councils (TRCs) were elected to represent rural areas outside

68-618: A slight peak in the spring months, brought by the humid sea-winds from the Indian Ocean rising and releasing their precipitation along the Langeberg, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma Mountains just inland of the coast. The Garden Route is closely linked with the Origin of Human Culture, due to archaeological finds in the Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay and Stilbaai areas. The Route is sandwiched between

85-636: A variety of habitats ranging from fynbos to forest to wetlands . In 2017 the Garden Route was added to UNESCO 's World Network of Biosphere Reserves . 1995%E2%80%9396 South African municipal elections Municipal elections were held in South Africa in 1995 and 1996. Over 11 000 seats were contested of which the African National Congress won 6 032, the National Party 1 814,

102-714: The Majority Party Gillon Bosman MMP Leader of the Opposition Khalid Sayed MMP Chief Whip of the Official Opposition Ayanda Bans MMP Municipal: The municipal council consists of fifty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Twenty-seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-seven wards , while the remaining twenty-six are chosen from party lists so that

119-629: The Municipality of George and the George Management Committee merged to form a single municipal council. In July 1993 a further agreement incorporated the Herolds Bay Local Council into the Municipality of George. After the national elections of 1994 a process of local government transformation began, in which negotiations were held between the existing local authorities, political parties, and local community organisations. As

136-959: The TLCs on the DCs. The area that is today the George Municipality included part of the Outeniqua TRC under the South Cape DC, and the Uniondale TRC and most of the Bo-Langkloof TRC under the Klein Karoo DC. At the local elections of December 2000 the transitional councils were dissolved. The South Cape and Klein Karoo DCs were replaced by the Eden District Municipality . George Municipality

153-459: The aforementioned mountains and the Indian Ocean , with mountain passes, including the Outeniqua Pass and Garcia's Pass, linking the area with the arid Little Karoo . The Outeniqua, Grootvadersbosch and Tsitsikamma indigenous forests are a unique mixture of Cape Fynbos and Temperate Forest and offer hiking trails and eco-tourism activities. Nearly 300 species of birdlife are to be found in

170-542: The coast. It includes towns such as Witsand, Heidelberg, Riversdale, Stilbaai, Albertinia, Gouritsmond, Knysna , Plettenberg Bay , Mossel Bay , Oudtshoorn , Great Brak River , Little Brak River , Wilderness , Sedgefield and Nature's Valley ; with George , the Garden Route's largest city and main administrative centre. It has an oceanic climate , with mild to warm summers, and mild to cool winters. Temperatures rarely fall below 10 °C in winter and rarely climb beyond 28 °C in summer. Rain occurs year-round, with

187-401: The population is Afrikaans , while 21.7% speak Xhosa and 8.1% speak English . The majority of the residents of the municipality are in the city of George, which as of 2011 has a population of 157,394. Close to George are the coastal resorts of Herolds Bay (pop. 704) and Wilderness (pop. 6,164). Haarlem (pop. 2,376) and Uniondale (pop. 4,525) are in the interior of the municipality at

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204-498: The results of the 2021 election. Garden Route The Garden Route ( Afrikaans : Tuinroete ) is a 300-kilometre (190 mi) stretch of the south-eastern coast of South Africa which extends from Witsand in the Western Cape to the border of Tsitsikamma Storms River in the Eastern Cape . The name comes from the verdant and ecologically diverse vegetation encountered here and the numerous estuaries and lakes dotted along

221-719: The top of the Langkloof . At the end of the apartheid era, the area that is today the George Municipality was divided between two Regional Services Councils (RSCs): the coastal area around George and Wilderness formed part of the South Cape RSC, while the interior area north of the Outeniqua Mountains formed part of the Klein Karoo RSC. The town of George was governed by a municipal council elected by its white residents, while coloured residents of George were governed by

238-570: 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 DA did, however, win the largest amount of seats. The DA then formed a majority coalition government with the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) and the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) to govern the municipality. The following table shows

255-715: The west, the Oudtshoorn Municipality to the northwest, the Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality to the northeast, the Kou-Kamma Municipality to the east, and the Bitou and Knysna Municipalities to the southeast. According to the 2011 census the municipality has a population of 193,672 people in 53,551 households. Of this population, 50.4% describe themselves as " Coloured ", 28.2% as " Black African ", and 19.7% as " White ". The first language of 67.2% of

272-466: Was also governed by a local council. In the Langkloof, the white voters of Uniondale elected a local council while the coloured voters elected a management committee, and the former mission settlement of Haarlem was governed by a board of management. While the negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to agree on voluntary mergers. In September 1992

289-824: Was established as a single local authority to govern the coastal area, while the interior area north of the Outeniqua Mountains became a District Management Area (DMA) of the Eden District. In 2011 this area was incorporated into George Municipality when District Management Areas were abolished. Also in 2011 the Hoogekraal Plantation area north of Sedgefield was transferred from George Municipality to Knysna Municipality. The Hon Alan Winde MMP The Seventh Provincial Parliament Speaker Daylin Mitchell MMP Deputy Speaker Reagan Allen MMP Chief Whip of

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