This small municipality is the home of the second largest dam in South Africa, the Vanderkloof Dam. It is also the home municipality of Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul, who hails from the town of Petrusville. Philipstown and Petrusville are known for their unique Karoo architecture as many of the homes in these two towns are still in their original state.
The political architecture of Renosterberg has also been left somewhat unchanged. In 2016 only two parties made it to council, the ANC and the DA, with the ANC getting four seats and the DA three. When one looks at the 2019 provincial results, this same result would have played itself out, the ANC would have “won” four seats here and the DA three.
The municipality was dissolved by the Northern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, Bentley Vass because of its continued dysfunctionality and lack of clear leadership. The DA saw the dissolution as an expedient cover up of corruption aimed at silencing ANC councillors who were willing to work with DA councillors to help uncover wrongdoing in the municipality.
Ward 1 (Philipstown) DA (57%) ANC (38%) EFF (4%)
Philipstown sits on the…
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