23-541: Romansrivier , in Ward 2 Dwarsrivier , is a settlement in Witzenberg Local Municipality , Cape Winelands District Municipality , Western Cape province , South Africa . It is in the upper Breede River Valley region. Rte. 43 (Michell's Pass Road) runs north-south past the settlement. The Romanrivier railway station is located just south of the settlement. The Witteberg Nature Reserve is just east of
46-403: A fess wavy Argent, thereon a barrulet wavy Azure, over all a pale Argent charged with a representation of the goddess Ceres, vested Vert, holding in her dexter hand a sheaf of wheat and in her sinister a torch enflamed all proper; in chief a mural crown Gules . The motto was the same as before. In layman's terms, the new design was a green shield with a silver/blue/silver wavy stripe across
69-673: A town council established under the Black Local Authorities Act, 1982 . The remaining rural areas were served by the Breërivier Regional Services Council. While the negotiations to end apartheid were taking place a process was established for local authorities to agree on voluntary mergers. The Tulbagh municipality and management committee took part in this process, merging to form a new non-racial municipality in October 1993. After
92-795: Is a local municipality located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality , in the Western Cape province of South Africa . As of 2022 it had a population of 103,765. The municipality covers an area of 10,753 square kilometres (4,152 sq mi) which includes the Land van Waveren ( Tulbagh ) valley, the Warm Bokkeveld , the Koue Bokkeveld and the Ceres- Karoo . It stretches from
115-515: Is one of the most stable parts of the world in seismic terms but on 29 September 1969 a massive shock shook the district without warning. The epicentre of the quake was on a major local structure called the Worcester fault, which had clearly been geologically active in the distant past but had not moved in over three hundred years of recorded history. Ceres was affected badly. Many old Cape Dutch buildings were damaged and some people died. The quake
138-399: Is well known for fruit juices exported worldwide bearing the town's name. It is also famous locally for winter snow and cherries : Cape Town residents flock to the town during winter to ski or simply play in the powder — something of a rarity for the otherwise mild climate they are used to — whilst in summer, people come to pick cherries at the "Klondyke" farm. South Africa
161-638: The Bergrivier Municipality to the west and the Cederberg Municipality to the northwest. The principal town and location of the municipal head office is Ceres on the eastern slope of the Skurweberg mountains, which as of 2011 has a population of 33,224. To the west of Ceres, on the other side of the mountains, is the Land van Waveren valley with the towns of Wolseley (pop. 12,130) and Tulbagh (pop. 8,969). To
184-631: The Breede River Valley to the south. Named after the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres , a name which is fitting as the valley in which the town is situated is extremely fertile and is a major producer of South Africa's deciduous fruit . Ceres experiences a typical Mediterranean climate tempered by its altitude. The town experiences warmer temperatures in summer, due to its inland location with infrequent rainfall, however winters are cool to quite cold and wet, with frequent snowfalls on
207-997: The Groot Winterhoek Mountains in the west and the Hex River Mountains in the south as far as the Northern Cape provincial border in the north and east. It abuts on the Hantam Municipality to the north, the Karoo Hoogland Municipality to the northeast, the Laingsburg Municipality to the southeast, the Breede Valley Municipality to the south, the Drakenstein Municipality to the southwest,
230-445: The national elections of 1994 a process of local government transformation began, in which negotiations were held between 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. The transitional councils were initially made up of members nominated by
253-748: The Majority Party Gillon Bosman MMP Leader of the Opposition Khalid Sayed MMP Chief Whip of the Official Opposition Ayanda Bans MMP Municipal: The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards , while the remaining eleven are chosen from party lists so that
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#1732783253088276-1032: The Witzenberg TRC and a small part of the Matroosberg TRC. At the local elections of December 2000 the TLCs and TRCs were dissolved and the Witzenberg Municipality was established as a single local authority. Originally it only covered the western part of its current area, while the sparsely-populated Ceres-Karoo area to the east was a District Management Area . This area was incorporated into Witzenberg Municipality when District Management Areas were abolished in 2011. The Hon Alan Winde MMP The Seventh Provincial Parliament Speaker Daylin Mitchell MMP Deputy Speaker Reagan Allen MMP Chief Whip of
299-407: The end of the apartheid era, in the area that is today the Witzenberg Municipality there were municipal councils for Ceres , Wolseley , Tulbagh and Prince Alfred Hamlet . These councils were elected by the white residents, while the coloured residents of Ceres, Tulbagh and Wolseley were governed by management committees subordinate to the white councils. The township of Nduli near Ceres had
322-587: The north of Ceres is the town of Prince Alfred Hamlet (pop. 6,810), and further north, in the Koue Bokkeveld, the village of Op-die-Berg (pop. 1,531). There are a number of informal settlements: Pine Valley , Chris Hani , Mooiblom , Zibonele , Polocross , Die Gaatjie and Kleinbegin . In addition in Ward 2, Dwarsrivier, is the settlement of Romansrivier . Other settlements include: Tulbagh Road, Steinthal, Drostdy, Waterval, Kluitjieskraal, Breede River Station, and Prince Alfred Hamlet Station. At
345-518: The results of the election (after a recount in December 2021 allocated a seat previously awarded to GOOD to the DA): In June 2022, the municipality received an unqualified clean audit for the 2020-21 financial year, one of 41 of the country's 257 municipalities to do so. It has received a clean audit each year since 2016–17. Since 2002 Witzenberg has an official town twinning agreement with
368-588: The settlement. When the Dutch arrived in the Dwarsrivier area it was inhabited by the San people (Bushmen). Dutch " Free Burghers " ( vryburgers ) first settled there in 1687. This Western Cape location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Witzenberg Local Municipality Witzenberg Municipality ( Afrikaans : Witzenberg Munisipaliteit ; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Witzenberg )
391-503: The surrounding higher-lying ground, rarely falling on the valley floor itself. Total annual precipitation averages 1088 mm, with average temperatures ranging from a February maximum of 29,9 °C to a July minimum of 2,4 °C. The Warmbokkeveld is climatically warmer than the surrounding highlands, which is known as the Kouebokkeveld ("cold antelope field"), with the latter often experiencing snowfalls in winter. Ceres
414-522: The surrounding towns of Wolseley , Tulbagh , Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfred Hamlet . It is situated in the Warmbokkeveld ( Afrikaans : "warm antelope field") Valley about 170 km north-east of Cape Town . Ceres is located at the north-eastern entrance to Michell's Pass and was the old route north between Cape Town and Johannesburg , which was later replaced by the N1 highway, which traverses
437-566: 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 of seats. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. On 22 November 2021, the DA's Hennie Smit was elected mayor, the ANC's Johnnerey Mouton was elected speaker and Katrina Robyn of the GOOD party was elected deputy mayor. The following are
460-526: The town Essen in Belgium. The city-to-city cooperation consists of sustainable development programs in the vulnerable areas concerning youth, local economic development and environment. Ceres, Western Cape Ceres is the administrative centre and largest town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a regional centre for
483-549: 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 Regional Services Council. Transitional representative councils (TRCs) were also elected to represent rural areas outside the TLCs on the District Council; the area that was to become Witzenberg Municipality included most of
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#1732783253088506-557: Was Loci dulcedo nos attinet . Municipal (2) — The council assumed a proper coat of arms, designed by Ivan Mitford-Barberton and H. Ellis Tomlinson , in 1948. This was in response to a Cape Provincial Administration circular asking municipalities to have their arms checked and, if necessary, re-designed, to make them heraldically correct. The new arms were registered at the Bureau of Heraldry in March 1974. The arms were : Vert,
529-481: Was strong enough to knock plaster off walls in Cape Town , a hundred miles (160 kilometres) away. Municipal (1) — The Ceres municipal council assumed a pseudo-heraldic "coat of arms" in 1928. The shield was quartered, and depicted (1) a sheaf of wheat on a red background, (2) a landscape scene showing a bridge across a river, (3) a tree on a sky blue background, and (4) a cornucopia on a green background. The motto
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