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24-556: The municipality, which covers an area of 31,119 square kilometres (12,015 sq mi), lies along the Atlantic coast of the Western Cape, extending approximately 350 kilometres (220 mi) from north to south. It includes the coastal plain and is generally bounded on the east by the mountains of the escarpment , though in the case of the Cederberg mountains the border passes further to

48-825: A TLC. The West Coast Peninsula TLC replaced the Vredenburg-Saldanha Municipality, the St Helena Bay Municipality, and their respective management committees. 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 West Coast District Council was established, replacing the West Coast Regional Services Council. Transitional representative councils (TRCs) were also elected to represent rural areas outside

72-460: A fault displaces the ground surface so that one side is higher than the other, a fault scarp is created. This can occur in dip-slip faults , or when a strike-slip fault brings a piece of high ground adjacent to an area of lower ground. Earth is not the only planet where escarpments occur. They are believed to occur on other planets when the crust contracts , as a result of cooling. On other Solar System bodies such as Mercury , Mars , and

96-678: A grain-farming area. The Berg River flows across the Swartland from its sources in the Boland mountains. On the coast west of the Swartland is the Cape Columbine peninsula, with a number of coastal holiday resorts as well as the ore-export harbour at Saldanha Bay . On the north the Swartland is bounded by mountains which separate it from the Olifants River Valley. The upper valley of the Olifants

120-725: Is WC014. The municipality covers a total area of 2,015 square kilometres (778 sq mi) which includes the West Coast Peninsula (also known as the Vredenburg Peninsula) and stretches southeast to include the West Coast National Park and the area around Hopefield . It abuts on the Bergrivier Municipality to the north and the Swartland Municipality to the east and south. According to

144-477: Is predominantly a citrus-farming region. The Cederberg mountains, much of which are a protected wilderness area , rise from the eastern bank of the river, while along the coast to the west are fishing and holiday villages. The Olifants river continues northwards until, on the edge of the Knersvlakte , it turns west towards the Atlantic. In the lower valley there is a narrow strip of lush agricultural land irrigated by

168-505: Is situated in the center of the eponymous peninsula and according to the 2011 census has a population of 38,382. To the south of Vredenburg is the harbour town of Saldanha (pop. 28,142) on the edge of Saldanha Bay . There are several other fishing and holiday towns on the coast of the municipality: St Helena Bay (pop. 11,529) on the northern coast of the Vredenburg Peninsula, Paternoster (pop. 1,971) and Jacobsbaai (pop. 416) on

192-415: The 2011 census the municipality has a population of 99,193 people in 28,835 households. Of this population, 55.8% describe themselves as " Coloured ", 24.5% as " Black African ", and 18.0% as " White ". The first language of 72.5% of the population is Afrikaans , while 16.4% speak Xhosa , 6.6% speak English and 1.2% speak Sotho . The seat of the municipality and its largest town is Vredenburg , which

216-569: The Moon , the Latin term rupes is used for an escarpment. When sedimentary beds are tilted and exposed to the surface, erosion and weathering may occur. Escarpments erode gradually and over geological time . The mélange tendencies of escarpments results in varying contacts between a multitude of rock types. These different rock types weather at different speeds, according to Goldich dissolution series so different stages of deformation can often be seen in

240-427: The 2016 election. The following table shows the results of the election of the ten directly-elected councillors. Escarpment An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations . The terms scarp and scarp face are often used interchangeably with escarpment . Some sources differentiate

264-731: The Majority Party Gillon Bosman MMP Leader of the Opposition Khalid Sayed MMP Chief Whip of the Official Opposition Ayanda Bans MMP Municipal: The council of the West Coast District Municipality consists of twenty-five councillors, of whom ten are directly elected by party-list proportional representation . The other fifteen councillors are appointed by

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288-449: 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 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

312-644: The TLCs on the District Council; the area that was to become Bergrivier Municipality included part of the Malmesbury TRC. At the local elections of December 2000 the TLCs and TRCs were dissolved and the Saldanha Bay Municipality was established as a single local authority incorporating both rural and urban areas. In 2006 the boundary of the municipality was adjusted slightly to transfer a strip of land on

336-496: The area that is today the Saldanha Bay Municipality there were also municipal councils for Hopefield , Langebaan and St Helena Bay . These councils were elected by the white residents, while the coloured residents of the towns were governed by management committees subordinate to the white councils. While the negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to negotiate voluntary mergers. Hopefield took part in this process, merging

360-468: The base of the plateau . Scarps are generally formed by one of two processes: either by differential erosion of sedimentary rocks , or by movement of the Earth's crust at a geologic fault . The first process is the more common type: the escarpment is a transition from one series of sedimentary rocks to another series of a different age and composition. Escarpments are also frequently formed by faults. When

384-534: The councils of the five local municipalities in the district: Saldanha Bay appoints five, Swartland appoints four, and Matzikama , Cederberg and Bergrivier appoint two each. After the elections of 3 August 2016 there are sixteen councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and nine from the African National Congress (ANC). The following table shows the composition of the council after

408-672: The east, along the Doring River , so that the mountains are included in the municipal area. The principal rivers in the area are the Berg River , which drains the southern part of the municipality, and the Olifants River , which drains the Cederberg and the northern part of the municipality. The southernmost part of the district, adjacent to Cape Town , is known as the Swartland and is primarily

432-553: The layers where the escarpments have been exposed to the elements. Saldanha Bay Local Municipality Saldanha Bay Municipality ( Afrikaans : Saldanhabaai Munisipaliteit ; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Saldanha Bay ) is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality , in the Western Cape province of South Africa . As of 2011 , it had a population of 99,193. Its municipality code

456-651: The left bank of the Berg River (adjacent to Velddrif) to the Bergrivier Local Municipality . In 2011 the West Coast National Park , previously a District Management Areas , was added to the municipality when District Management Areas were abolished. The Hon Alan Winde MMP The Seventh Provincial Parliament Speaker Daylin Mitchell MMP Deputy Speaker Reagan Allen MMP Chief Whip of

480-692: The municipal council with the management committee in November 1992. Langebaan did the same in April 1993. 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, the existing local authorities were dissolved and transitional local councils (TLCs) were created in January 1995. The Hopefield and Langebaan municipalities were each replaced with

504-785: The north and northeast on the Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province, to the southeast on the Cape Winelands District Municipality , and to the south on the City of Cape Town . The following statistics are from the 2011 Census . Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total. 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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528-490: The river's water. The Knersvlakte, which is part of the arid Namaqualand region, forms the northernmost part of the district. The largest towns in the district are Vredenburg and Saldanha on the Cape Columbine peninsula, Malmesbury in the Swartland, and Vredendal in the Olifants River Valley. The district is divided into five local municipalities which are described in the following table. The district borders to

552-439: The two terms, with escarpment referring to the margin between two landforms , and scarp referring to a cliff or a steep slope. In this usage an escarpment is a ridge which has a gentle slope on one side and a steep scarp on the other side. More loosely, the term scarp also describes a zone between a coastal lowland and a continental plateau which shows a marked, abrupt change in elevation caused by coastal erosion at

576-407: The western coast of the peninsula, and Langebaan (pop. 8,297) on the opposite side of Saldanha Bay from Saldanha. In the interior of the municipality is the town of Hopefield (pop. 6,460) and the village and air force base at Langebaanweg (pop. 952). The towns of Vredenburg and Saldanha were united under a single Vredenburg-Saldanha Municipality in 1975. At the end of the apartheid era, in

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