5-523: Kendrew is a small settlement in Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . This Eastern Cape location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dr Beyers Naud%C3%A9 Local Municipality Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality ( Afrikaans : Dr Beyers Naudé Munisipaliteit ; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Dr Beyers Naudé )
10-604: Is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality , in the Eastern Cape of South Africa . The municipality was established by merging the Camdeboo , Ikwezi and Baviaans local municipalities. The decision to merge the municipalities was taken by the Municipal Demarcation Board in 2015 but only took effect after municipal elections on 3 August 2016. The new municipality
15-623: Is named after the Afrikaner cleric and anti- apartheid activist Beyers Naudé . Its seat is in Graaff-Reinet . The merger was motivated by political interests because the ruling party, the African National Congress , was losing support in the area. One of the municipalities, Baviaans, was already governed by the opposition Democratic Alliance . The new municipality covers an area of 28,653 square kilometres (11,063 sq mi) at
20-410: The municipal area is Graaff-Reinet, with a population of approximately 35,000. Other towns include Willowmore , Aberdeen , Jansenville , Steytlerville and Klipplaat . The municipal council consists of 24 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . 12 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 12 wards , while the remaining 12 are chosen from party lists so that
25-678: The western end of the Eastern Cape province, from the Sneeuberge in the north to the Baviaanskloof in the south. It is a sparsely populated area, with a population of 79,291 giving a density of only 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.3/sq mi). 80.3% of residents of the municipality speak Afrikaans as their home language , while 14.8% speak Xhosa and 3.2% speak English . 66.9% described themselves as " Coloured ", 23.6% as " Black African ", and 8.7% as " White ". The principal town in
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