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Mier Local Municipality
Mier was a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Its area includes the South African portion of one of the world's largest conservation areas, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The main settlement in the municipality is the town of Rietfontein. According to the 2011 census Mier has a population of 7,003, which is the smallest of any municipality in South Africa. It is also the most sparsely populated municipality in the country, covering a land area of with a population density of . Mier is the municipality in South Africa with the highest percentage of Afrikaans speakers at 97.1%. The name Mier is an Afrikaans word that originates from the word "mere" which means "lakes". When German missionaries visited the area a long time ago, they found the pans in the area full of water. They called them "mere". As language changed, the people later pronounced it as "mier". After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality ( tn, mmasepalaselegae; st, masepala wa lehae; nso, mmasepala wa selegae; af, plaaslike munisipaliteit; zu, umasipala wendawo; nr, umasipaladi wendawo; xh, umasipala wengingqi; ss, masipaladi wasekhaya; ve, masipalawapo; ts, masipala wa muganga) or Category B municipality is a type of Municipalities of South Africa, municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government. Each district municipality (South Africa), district municipality is divided into a number of local municipalities, and responsibility for municipal affairs is divided between the district and local municipalities. There are List of municipalities in South Africa#Local municipalities, 205 local municipalities in South Africa. A local municipality may include rural areas as well as one or more towns or small cities. In larger urban areas there are no district or local municipalities, and a metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks: * Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa * Gemsbok National Park in Botswana The total area of the park is . Approximately three-quarters of the park lies in Botswana and one-quarter in South Africa. '' Kgalagadi'' means "place of thirst." In December 2015, media reports claimed that rights for gas-fracking in more than half of the Botswana portion of the park had been sold. The Botswana government later refuted these reports. Location and terrain The park is located largely within the southern Kalahari Desert. The terrain consists of red sand dunes, sparse vegetation, occasional trees, and the dry riverbeds of the Nossob and Auob Rivers. The rivers are said to flow only about once per century. However, water flows underground and provides life for grass and Vachelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed-member Proportional Representation
Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system in which votes cast are considered in local elections and also to determine overall party vote tallies, which are used to allocate additional members to produce or deepen overall Proportional representation. In some MMP systems, voters get two votes: one to decide the representative for their single-seat constituency, and one for a political party. In Denmark and others, the single vote cast by the voter is used for both the local election (in a multi-member or single-seat district), and for the overall top-up. Seats in the legislature are filled first by the successful constituency candidates, and second, by party candidates based on the percentage of nationwide or region-wide votes that each party received. The constituency representatives are usually elected using first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) but the Scandinavian countries have a long history of using both multi-member districts (membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokspits
Bokspits is a village in Kgalagadi District of Botswana. It is the southernmost village in Botswana and is located close to the border with South Africa next to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Bokspits has a creche, primary school, clinic, police station, post office, government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ... offices, churches, airstrip and various shops (supermarkets, co-operative, general dealers, restaurants and a number of bars and bottlestores). There is a number of football teams for example the most famous one Bokspits United FC. Bokspits has experienced a great deal of growth and development e.g. tarred roads and communication networks (be mobile, mascom & Orange). The population counted 507 in the 2011 census. References Kgalagadi District V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philandersbron
Philandersbron is a town in the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It has a population of 1,081; 99.07% of those speak Afrikaans. The town is mostly comprised (93.80%) of Coloured people with small percentages of Black African 3.89% and White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ... (1.67%) people. 35.1% of residents are 14 or under. A small primary school is located in the town along with a public health clinic. References Populated places in the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality {{NorthernCape-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein Mier
Klein Mier is a small town in the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. 449 people reside in the town, 96.88% of whom are Coloured. Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ... is spoken by 98.22% of the population. References Populated places in the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality {{NorthernCape-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks: * Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa * Gemsbok National Park in Botswana The total area of the park is . Approximately three-quarters of the park lies in Botswana and one-quarter in South Africa. '' Kgalagadi'' means "place of thirst." In December 2015, media reports claimed that rights for gas-fracking in more than half of the Botswana portion of the park had been sold. The Botswana government later refuted these reports. Location and terrain The park is located largely within the southern Kalahari Desert. The terrain consists of red sand dunes, sparse vegetation, occasional trees, and the dry riverbeds of the Nossob and Auob Rivers. The rivers are said to flow only about once per century. However, water flows underground and provides life for grass and Vachell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askham, Northern Cape
Askham is a village in the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Askham lies not far from the confluence of the mostly dry Molopo and Kuruman Rivers in the Red Kalahari Desert, about 200 km north of Upington at the junction of the R31 and the R360 roads. The village is located in the belt of the irrigated green land that surrounds the Orange River, as it flows North-West through the Kalahari toward the Namibian border and the Richtersveld area of Namaqualand. Askham is located in the southern Kalahari wilderness area on the Red Dune Route, where the dunes grow approximately 35m in height. The area was once home to the San Bushmen, Koranna and Nama people. History The settlement of Askham developed around a school boarding house, built in 1931, and the Dutch Reformed Church of Askam, which serves the entire Kalahari region. Scottish land surveyor, Roger Jackson, gave Askham its name when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality
Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging Mier and //Khara Hais local municipalities. and named after the San politician Dawid Kruiper. Politics The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ... (ANC) won a majority of eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khara Hais Local Municipality
//Khara Hais Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It fell within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality and governed the town of Upington and surrounding rural areas. the municipality had a population of approximately 93,500 people, and covered an area of . The unusual spelling of the name comes from the original transcription of the Khwe language name, where the click consonant became "//". After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged with the Mier Local Municipality to form the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality. Geography The municipality area covered and stretched from the Orange River valley northwards to the international border with Botswana. Irrigation from the Orange River has produced a narrow band of irrigated land along the valley, while the rest of the municipality is desert, being the southernmost extent of the Kalahari. The Molopo and Kuruman Rivers flow intermittently through this desert area. Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
