| Nama Khoi | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Coordinates: | -29.5°N 18°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Namakwa |
| Seat: | Springbok |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 9 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | NCM |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gustav Bock |
| Area Total Km2: | 17989 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 47041 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 4.2% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 88.1% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.5% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 6.6% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 95.9% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 1.0% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | % |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 3.1% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NC062 |
Nama Khoi Municipality (af|Nama Khoi Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Its seat is Springbok.
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 364006 | 1.8 | 415 | ||
| 364013 | 123.6 | 1,336 | ||
| 364007 | 4.8 | 4,988 | ||
| 364004 | 0.3 | 171 | ||
| 364009 | 9.1 | 728 | ||
| 364008 | 160.2 | 3 | ||
| 364014 | 2.6 | 3,116 | ||
| 364001 | 9.3 | 467 | ||
| 364010 | 123.1 | 5,374 | ||
| 364011 | 38.6 | 6,304 | ||
| 364012 | 37.6 | 12,790 | ||
| 364005 | 7.6 | 7,842 | ||
| 364003 | 2.0 | 599 | ||
| Remainder | 364002 | 17,468.1 | 2,909 | |
| Total | 17,988.6 | 47,041 | ||
See main article: Nama Khoi Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 on the council.[5] [6] The Democratic Alliance and the Namakwa Civic Movement formed a coalition to govern the municipality,
| Nama Khoi local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 6,625 | 6,513 | 13,138 | 42.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4,665 | 4,739 | 9,404 | 30.1% | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3,229 | 3,290 | 6,519 | 20.8% | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 223 | 234 | 457 | 1.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 213 | 225 | 438 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 145 | 147 | 292 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 123 | 168 | 291 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 131 | 143 | 274 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 115 | 120 | 235 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 132 | – | 132 | 0.4% | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 34 | 31 | 65 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 19 | 20 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15,640 | 15,635 | 31,275 | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Valid votes | 15,640 | 15,635 | 31,275 | 98.9% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 174 | 179 | 353 | 1.1% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 15,814 | 15,814 | 31,628 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 15,814 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 29,072 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 54.4% | |||||||