11-660: Laingsburg may refer to: South Africa [ edit ] Laingsburg Local Municipality , in the Western Cape province Laingsburg, Western Cape , a town in the Laingsburg Local Municipality, Western Cape United States [ edit ] Laingsburg, Michigan , a city in Shiawassee County, Michigan See also [ edit ] Laing (disambiguation) Laings [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
22-508: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Laingsburg Local Municipality Laingsburg Municipality ( Afrikaans : Laingsburg Munisipaliteit ) is a local municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa . As of 2022, the population is 11,366. Its municipality code is WC051. The municipality covers an area of 8,784 square kilometres (3,392 sq mi) on
33-687: 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 seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards , while the remaining three are chosen from party lists so that
44-1051: The TLCs on the District Council. The area that was to become Laingsburg Local Municipality was covered by the Laingsburg TRC. At the local elections of December 2000 the TLC and TRC were both dissolved and the Laingsburg Local Municipality was established as a single local authority. At the same election the Central Karoo District Council was dissolved and replaced by the Central Karoo District Municipality . The Hon Alan Winde MMP The Seventh Provincial Parliament Speaker Daylin Mitchell MMP Deputy Speaker Reagan Allen MMP Chief Whip of
55-705: The municipality and the management committee were dissolved, and the Laingsburg Transitional Local Council (TLC) was established to replace them in December 1994. The TLC was initially made up of members nominated by the various parties to the negotiations, until May 1996 when elections were held . At the time of these elections the Central Karoo District Council was established in place of the Central Karoo RSC, and transitional representative councils (TRCs) were elected to represent rural areas outside
66-737: The results of the 2021 election. 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, the Inkhata Freedom Party 754 and the Democratic Party 138. The elections were held on 1 November 1995 in most of the country, but delayed to 29 May 1996 in
77-427: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laingsburg&oldid=948418525 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
88-729: The south-western edge of the Great Karoo . The southern edge of the municipality lies along the Anysberg and Swartberg mountains, while its northern edge is the provincial border with the Northern Cape . It abuts on the Beaufort West and Prince Albert Municipalities to the east, the Kannaland Municipality to the south, the Langeberg , Breede Valley and Witzenberg Municipalities to
99-597: 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 African National Congress (ANC) subsequently formed a coalition with the Karoo Democratic Force (KDF) and the Patriotic Alliance to govern the municipality with the PA's Mitchell John Smith voted in as mayor. The following table shows
110-586: The west, and the Karoo Hoogland Municipality to the north. The principal settlement in the municipality is the town of Laingsburg , which as of 2011 has a population of 5,667. West of Laingsburg is the village of Matjiesfontein , population 422. At the end of the apartheid era, the area that is today the Laingsburg Local Municipality formed part of the Central Karoo Regional Services Council (RSC). The town of Laingsburg
121-426: Was governed by a municipal council elected by the white residents while the coloured residents were governed by a management committee subordinate to the white council. 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 a result of these negotiations
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