statistics are from the 2011 Census. Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total. Politics The council of the West Coast District Municipality consists of twenty-five councillors, of whom ten are directly elected by party-list proportional representation. The other fifteen councillors are appointed by the councils of the five local municipalities in the district: Saldanha Bay appoints five, Swartland appoints four, and Matzikama, Cederberg and Bergrivier appoint two each. After the elections of 3 August 2016 there are sixteen councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and nine from the African National Congress (ANC). The following table shows the composition of the council after the 2016 election. The following table shows the results of the election of the ten directly-elected councillors. Mayors Harold Cleophas (2011;present) Rene Kitshoff (2008-2011) Jacob Botha (2005–2008) Hendrik Potgieter (-2005) References External links Official website West Coast District Municipality on the Western Cape Government website District municipalities of the Western Cape West Coast District Municipality