Mamusa Local Municipality

Mamusa
Local municipality

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Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Seat Schweizer Reneke
Wards 8
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Kenneth Tshipelo
Area
 • Total 3,615 km2 (1,396 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 60,355
 • Density 17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 91.4%
 • Coloured 2.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 5.5%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Tswana 85.1%
 • Afrikaans 7.2%
 • Sotho 2.2%
 • English 1.7%
 • Other 3.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code NW393

Mamusa Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of localmunicipality is Schweizer-Reneke.

Politics

2014 General Election

The ANC and the collapsing COPE lost much support in the 2014 Election to the new party, EFF. The DA increased its vote at COPE's expense, while losing other votes back to VF+.

Party Votes % change from 2004
African National Congress14 35674.89%-6.55%
Economic Freedom Fighters2 24611.72%new party
Democratic Alliance1 4477.55%+0.83%
Freedom Front Plus4562.38%+0.63%

2009 General Election

The ANC lost some support in the 2009 Election as a new party, COPE, entered the political field. The VF+ also lost some votes, mainly to the DA.

Party Votes % change from 2004
African National Congress14 67981.44%-4.64%
Congress of the People1 2236.79%new party
Democratic Alliance1 2126.72%+2.49%
Freedom Front Plus3161.75%-0.88%

2004 General Election

In the 2004 General Election the Municipality voted overwhelmingly ANC, with most whites voting DA or the VF+

Party Votes %
African National Congress13,76886.08%
Democratic Alliance6764.23%
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania4973.11%
Freedom Front Plus4202.63%

Municipal Elections

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 9,7279,55319,28058.88311
Forum 4 Service Delivery 2,5992,6685,26716.1033
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,1852,1644,34913.3022
Democratic Alliance 9881,0001,9886.1101
Freedom Front Plus 5735531,1263.4011
Congress of the People 2763065821.8000
African People's Convention 681271950.6000
Total 16,41616,37132,787100.09918
Spoilt votes 347356703

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amalia613011.591,578Tswana
Glaudina613021.071,688Tswana
Ipelegeng613034.0030,053Tswana
Molatswanene613051.452,369Tswana
Schweizer-Reneke613063.812,601Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality613043,602.9010,083Tswana

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mamusa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mamusa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa

Coordinates: 27°15′S 25°15′E / 27.250°S 25.250°E / -27.250; 25.250

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