| Ga-Segonyana | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Coordinates: | -27.6667°N 53°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
| Seat: | Kuruman |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 15 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Victor Makoke |
| Area Total Km2: | 4492 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 93652 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 87.0% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 7.6% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 4.6% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 79.2% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 12.9% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 2.9% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.0% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 4% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NC452 |
Ga-Segonyana Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Ga-Segonyana; Afrikaans: Ga-Segonyana Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman.[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68101 | 459.53 | 37,270 | ||
| 38101 | 2.83 | 3,674 | ||
| 38103 | 498.52 | 116 | ||
| 68102 | 198.06 | 14,033 | ||
| Kuruman Part 1 | 68103 | 32.22 | 0 | |
| Kuruman Part 2 | 38104 | 93.61 | 9,824 | |
| 68104 | 2.93 | 4,626 | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 38102 | 3,197.71 | 849 |
See main article: Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council.[6] [7]
The following table shows the results of the election.
| Ga-Segonyana local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 11,702 | 12,233 | 23,935 | 55.5% | 14 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 4,482 | 4,815 | 9,297 | 21.5% | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 2,408 | 2,421 | 4,829 | 11.2% | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1,648 | – | 1,648 | 3.8% | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 375 | 501 | 876 | 2.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 208 | 488 | 696 | 1.6% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 242 | 361 | 603 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 222 | 228 | 450 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 199 | 216 | 415 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 114 | 262 | 376 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 27 | 29 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21,602 | 21,552 | 43,154 | 15 | 14 | 29 | ||
| Valid votes | 21,602 | 21,552 | 43,154 | 97.8% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 476 | 516 | 992 | 2.2% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 22,078 | 22,068 | 44,146 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 22,176 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 50,908 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 43.6% | |||||||