| Kareeberg | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Coordinates: | -30.6667°N 32°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat: | Carnarvon |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 6 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Monray Julian Maczali (KCM) |
| Area Total Km2: | 17702 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 11673 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 4.8% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 85.1% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.5% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 9.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [4] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 95.9% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 1.3% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | % |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NC074 |
Kareeberg Municipality (af|Kareeberg Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name originates from a mountain range in the region, the Karee Mountains.[5]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31001 | 8.07 | 5,235 | Afrikaans | ||
| 31003 | 8.54 | 1,418 | Afrikaans | ||
| 31004 | 0.99 | 1,125 | Afrikaans | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 31002 | 17,681.08 | 1,702 | Afrikaans |
See main article: Kareeberg Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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.[7] [8]
| Kareeberg local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 2,166 | 2,173 | 4,339 | 44.2% | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 926 | 912 | 1,838 | 18.7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 825 | 871 | 1,696 | 17.3% | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 815 | 793 | 1,608 | 16.4% | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 165 | 162 | 327 | 3.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | – | 16 | 0.2% | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| Total | 4,913 | 4,911 | 9,824 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,913 | 4,911 | 9,824 | 99.3% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 34 | 31 | 65 | 0.7% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 4,947 | 4,942 | 9,889 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 4,951 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 7,536 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 65.7% | |||||||
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.