Rand West City Local Municipality
Local municipality in Gauteng, South Africa
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Location of Rand West City Local Municipality within Gauteng
(2011)[1]
Rand West City Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Rand West City; Afrikaans: Rand West City Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Rand West City; Sotho: Masepala wa Rand West City) is a local municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Randfontein and Westonaria local municipalities.[2] It is a division of the West Rand District Municipality.
Politics
The municipal council consists of 69 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 35 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 35 wards, while the remaining 34 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 (ANC) lost their majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[3]
| Rand West City local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 24,410 | 25,253 | 49,663 | 45.3% | 27 | 5 | 32 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 12,629 | 12,569 | 25,198 | 23.0% | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 7,953 | 8,537 | 16,490 | 15.1% | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2,092 | 2,135 | 4,227 | 3.9% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 1,513 | 1,571 | 3,084 | 2.8% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent candidates | 2,618 | – | 2,618 | 2.4% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 715 | 662 | 1,377 | 1.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Randfontein Peoples Party | 574 | 756 | 1,330 | 1.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 488 | 654 | 1,142 | 1.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 423 | 562 | 985 | 0.9% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 410 | 480 | 890 | 0.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 other parties | 1,105 | 1,456 | 2,561 | 2.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 54,930 | 54,635 | 109,565 | 35 | 34 | 69 | ||
| Valid votes | 54,930 | 54,635 | 109,565 | 97.6% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 1,074 | 1,564 | 2,638 | 2.4% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 56,004 | 56,199 | 112,203 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 56,519 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 131,921 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 42.8% | |||||||
Management
The power utility Eskom has identified Rand West as a municipality with a poor payment record. In 2021 it owed Eskom over R510 million.[4]
References
- ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Randfontein, Westonaria.
- ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Rand West City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ Khumalo, Sibongile (2 September 2021). "Eskom wins judgment against Emfuleni municipality over R1.3 billion debt". news24.com. fin24. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
Municipalities and communities of West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng | ||
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District seat: Randfontein | ||
| Mogale City |  | |
| Merafong City | ||
| Rand West City | ||
