ǃKheis Local Municipality


ǃKheis is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District of Northern Cape in South Africa. ǃKheis is a Khoi name meaning "a place where you live, or a home". The municipality is named in recognition of the Khoi people who were the first permanent dwellers of the area.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Boegoeberg0.371,587
Gannaput0.37965
Groblershoop1.26437
Grootdrink0.462,177
Stutterheim0.803,043
Wegdraai0.771,559
Remainder of the municipality5,518.686,274

Politics

The municipal council consists of seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining three 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of four seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.

Economy

As of 2020, 500 homes are powered by solar panels with battery storage.