| Hantam | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Coordinates: | -31.25°N 64°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Namakwa |
| Seat: | Calvinia |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 7 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Roger Nieldo Swartz (ANC)[2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 36128 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 21578 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 4.4% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 82.2% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.7% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 12.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [4] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 96.7% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 1.1% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | % |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.2% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NC065 |
Hantam Municipality (Afrikaans: Hantam Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Hantam is a Khoekhoe word that means "mountains where the bulbs grow". The municipality is named after the Hantam Mountains found in the area.[5]
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Population | Area (km2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 366001 | 2,859 | 29.3 | ||
| 366005 | 9,680 | 154.5 | ||
| 366003 | 2,744 | 34.5 | ||
| 366004 | 2,093 | 26.3 | ||
| 366006 | 28 | 267.9 | ||
| Remainder | 366002 | 4,175 | 35,615.7 | |
| Total | 21,578 | 36,128.0 | ||
In the 2018/19 financial year, 78% of the council's expenditure was deemed unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful, down from 95% the previous year. At the end of the 2019 year, the council had a cash balance to cover its operating costs for ten days.[7]
See main article: Hantam Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[8] [9]
| Hantam local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 3,660 | 3,637 | 7,297 | 44.5% | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2,322 | 2,359 | 4,681 | 28.6% | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 602 | 623 | 1,225 | 7.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 604 | 587 | 1,191 | 7.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 338 | 390 | 728 | 4.4% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 240 | 254 | 494 | 3.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 144 | 216 | 360 | 2.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 207 | – | 207 | 1.3% | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 75 | 82 | 157 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 21 | 47 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8,218 | 8,169 | 16,387 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Valid votes | 8,218 | 8,169 | 16,387 | 98.0% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 161 | 172 | 333 | 2.0% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 8,379 | 8,341 | 16,720 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 8,393 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 13,732 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 61.1% | |||||||