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18-913: The municipality covers a total area of 3,833 square kilometres (1,480 sq mi). It includes a middle section of the Breede River Valley around the town of Worcester , and stretches up the Hex River valley to the edge of the Karoo . It abuts on the Witzenberg Municipality to the north, the Laingsburg Municipality to the east, the Langeberg Municipality to the southeast, the Theewaterskloof Municipality to

36-489: A Mediterranean Climate with most precipitation falling in winter (May through September). Towards the north and west, rainfall approaches upwards of 1000mm p.a., particularly in the Slanghoek Region near Rawsonville , whilst it becomes drier towards the south and west, with most areas averaging 300mm p.a., with areas near Worcester only receiving 175mm p.a. Thus Karoo Shrub dominates eastern hills (particularly

54-523: Is part of the Boland bordering on becoming Little Karoo towards the east. The Breede River Valley is relatively broad and flat for a Western Cape valley, averaging at a floor height of 80m-250m above sea-level. Western regions are mostly alluvial and flat, while eastern regions have more hills of the Bokkeveld Group with narrow alluvial deposits. The valley is framed by the high mountains of

72-831: The Cape Fold Belt , with the Hex River Mountains and the Skurweberge to the northwest, the Langeberg Mountains (up to 2000m) to the north, the smaller Boland Mountains to the southwest, and the Riviersonderend Mountains to the south. It stretches from Tulbagh in the north to McGregor in the south and Rawsonville in the west to Ashton and Bonnievale in the east. Its namesake, the Breede River , flows through

90-464: The election of 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority of seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. Breede River Valley Breede River Valley is a region of Western Cape Province , South Africa known for being the largest fruit and wine producing valley in the Western Cape, as well as South Africa's leading race-horse breeding area. It

108-784: The negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to agree on voluntary mergers. In January 1993, the Municipality of Worcester and the Worcester Management Committee merged into a single municipal council. Similar mergers occurred in De Doorns in June 1993 and Touws River in October 1993. After the national elections of 1994 a process of local government transformation began, in which negotiations were held between

126-613: The Breërivier Regional Services Council (RSC). The towns of Worcester , Rawsonville , De Doorns and Touws River were governed by municipal councils elected by their white residents. The coloured residents of Worcester, De Doorns and Touws River were governed by management committees subordinate to the white councils. Zweletemba was governed by a town council established under the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982 . While

144-533: The Official Opposition Ayanda Bans MMP Municipal: The municipal council consists of forty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards , while the remaining twenty are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In

162-890: The TLCs on the District Council; the area that was to become Breede Valley Municipality included most of the Matroosberg TRC. At the local elections of December 2000 the TLCs and TRCs were dissolved and the Breede Valley Municipality was established as a single local authority. At the same election the Breërivier District Council was also dissolved and replaced by the Boland District Municipality . In 2011 when District Management Areas were abolished,

180-487: The broad valley as a consequent stream . The largest town in the valley is Worcester , which lies almost in the centre of the valley, virtually equidistant from Tulbagh in the north and the other major town, Robertson to the south-east. The main north-south rail and road routes traverse the valley, including the N1 highway linking Cape Town and Johannesburg . It is climatically diverse, however it completely falls within

198-769: The eastern boundary of the municipality was extended to include the sparsely populated region to the east of Touws River which had formerly been part of a DMA. The Hon Alan Winde MMP The Seventh Provincial Parliament Speaker Daylin Mitchell MMP Deputy Speaker Reagan Allen MMP Chief Whip of the Majority Party Gillon Bosman MMP Leader of the Opposition Khalid Sayed MMP Chief Whip of

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216-542: The existing local authorities, political parties, and local community organisations. As a result of these negotiations, the existing local authorities were dissolved and transitional local councils (TLCs) were created for each town and village. In October 1994 the Municipality of Worcester and the Zweletemba Town Council were replaced by the Worcester TLC. In December the Municipality of Touws River

234-654: The residents of the municipality live in Worcester, which as of 2011 has a population of 97,078. Other towns in the municipality are Rawsonville (pop. 3,099) close to Worcester in the Breede Valley; De Doorns (pop. 11,278) in the Hex River Valley; and Touws River (pop. 8,126) on the edge of the Karoo. At the end of the apartheid era, the area that is today the Breede Valley Municipality formed part of

252-629: The south, the Stellenbosch Municipality to the southwest and the Drakenstein Municipality to the west. According to the 2011 census the municipality has a population of 166,825 people in 42,527 households. Of this population, 63.3% describe themselves as " Coloured ", 24.3% as " Black African ", and 10.7% as " White ". The first language of 76.0% of the population is Afrikaans , while 16.1% speak Xhosa , 2.9% speak English and 2.7% speak Sotho . Most of

270-490: The unique Robertson Karoo vegetation type) with lush Fynbos vegetation dominating western regions. Summers can be very hot, due to its inland location, usually averaging 30 °C from December to March, but sometimes peaking near 40 °C during the hottest of days. This is due to the Du Toitskloof and Riviersonderend Mountains blocking cooling oceanic breezes from reaching the valley. During winter however,

288-597: The valley is often colder than other seaward regions, like the Overberg . Snow is a regular occurrence on the surrounding mountains; snow does not fall on the valley floor, although light frost does occasionally occur. Spring and Autumn are transitional periods of variable rainfall, occasional light snow on the highest peaks and mild temperatures. 33°45′S 19°30′E  /  33.750°S 19.500°E  / -33.750; 19.500 District Management Area In South Africa, District Management Area ( DMA )

306-668: Was replaced by the Touws River TLC; and in January 1995 the municipalities of De Doorns and Rawsonville were both replaced by TLCs. The transitional councils were initially made up of members nominated by the various parties to the negotiations, until May 1996 when elections were held . At these elections the Breërivier District Council was established, replacing the Breërivier RSC. Transitional representative councils (TRCs) were also elected to represent rural areas outside

324-489: Was the name given to areas within a district municipality that did not fall within any local municipality , and received municipal services directly from the district. Since the 2011 elections all of mainland South Africa has been covered by local (or metropolitan) municipalities, and there are therefore no DMAs. The DMAs were primarily national parks and nature reserves, or in western parts of South Africa are isolated areas of very low population density. The table shows

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