Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality

Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality (Afrikaans: Dr Beyers Naudé Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Dr Beyers Naudé) 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 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.

Dr Beyers Naudé
Local municipality
Location of the municipality within the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32.248°S 24.535°E / -32.248; 24.535
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
SeatGraaff-Reinet
Wards14
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorEwald Loock (DA)
  SpeakerLaughton Hoffman (CSA)
Area
  Total28,653 km2 (11,063 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total79,291
  Density2.8/km2 (7.2/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African23.6%
  Coloured66.9%
  Indian/Asian0.4
  White8.7
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans80.3%
  Xhosa14.8%
  English3.2%
  Other1.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC101
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