Orania Representative Council
The Orania Representative Council (Afrikaans: Orania Verteenwoordigende Raad) is the local municipal representative council in the Northern Cape province of South Africa that governs the Afrikaner-town of Orania in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality. During the implementation of a new municipal system in South Africa in 2000, the Orania Representative Council was the only representative council that was not abolished. Therefore, the Orania Representative Council is the only municipal body that still uses the old (pre-2000) municipal structure, based on the Local Government Transition Act of 1993.
Orania Representative Council
Orania Verteenwoordigende Raad | |
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Orania Representative Council The location of Orania - the seat of the Orania Representative Council - in the Northern Cape Orania Representative Council Orania Representative Council (South Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 29°49′S 24°24′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| First election | 1 November 1995 |
| Seat | Orania |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Chairperson | Joost Strydom |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | 304 02013 |
Next to municipal duties, the main task of the Orania Representative Council is to represent the inhabitants of Orania in ongoing negotiations with the Cabinet of South Africa about the (municipal) status of Orania.