The administrative districts used by Central Statistical Service for gathering household information for the census. The authority assigned to municipalities to make policy and to implement national and provincial legislation as well as by-laws made by the municipal Council. A committee of the Council set up to supervise and review the process of auditing the finances of the municipality. A committee of the Council set up to ensure that proper tender procedures are followed when goods or services are purchased. Proportional representation is an electoral system in which Council seats are allocated on a proportional basis from party lists.
Wards are geographic areas into which a municipality is divided for purposes of the election.
The droop quota is a formula which is used to determine how seats in the proportional representation system are awarded. The quota is obtained by dividing the total vote by the number of seats plus one, then one is added to the product. This method is used after seats have been allocated in terms of the quota and one or more seats remain to be filled. The count then continues with the party having the highest remainder securing the next seat and so on. A quota is the threshold or minimum number of votes necessary to be eligible for winning a seat in a system of proportional representation.