Siyancuma

ANC

Largest Party

ANC

Coalition leader

ANC

Current Mayor

ANC

Changes of Mayors

The Siyancuma Local Municipality is situated within the Pixley Ka Seme District of the Northern Cape Province.

The municipality is bordered by the ZF Mgcawu and Frances Baard Districts in the north, Siyathemba and Thembelihle in the south, the Free State Province in the east, and the ZF Mgcawu District in the west. It is one of the eight municipalities that make up the district, accounting for 16% of its geographical area.

General Information

The seat of the municipality is Douglas. The municipality includes former Transitional Local Councils of Douglas, Griekwastad and Campbell. Douglas is well known for a geographic feature found in Douglas only The confluence of The Vaal and The Orange Rivers – the two biggest rivers of South Africa. Griekwastad is known for its unending stream of underground water. There are submissions indicating that the underground stream in Griekwastad is connected to the famous ‘EYE’ in Kuruman.

No of Seats per Party

Composition of Council

The council has 13 seats, with 4 political parties and 2 independents represented in council. The ANC is leading council with 6, followed by DA with 3, IND 2 and FF+, EFF with 1 seat respectively.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. Patrick Jacobus McKlein

ANC

Mayor

Cllr. Lemfvia van Niekerk

Speaker

Historical Timeline

The powers and functions of the Mayor are set out in section 56 of the Structures Act. The Mayor is the political head of the Municipality and exercises both statutory and ceremonial functions. An executive mayor is entitled to receive reports from committees of the municipal council and to forward these reports together with a recommendation to the council when the matter cannot be disposed of by the executive mayor in terms of the executive mayor’s delegated powers.
The speaker’s role in a municipality is key to ensuring oversight, accountability, integrity, discipline of office, and the efficient running of council meetings. As such, impartiality in the exercise of his or her function is essential for the speaker. The speaker must distinguish between his or her activities as a politician and his or her functions as a speaker. It also means that the function of the speaker and the non-partisan exercise of that function must be respected by members, parties and interests represented in the council.

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