Mogalakwena Local Municipality
Mogalakwena | ||
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Local municipality | ||
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Location in Limpopo | ||
Country | South Africa | |
Province | Limpopo | |
District | Waterberg | |
Seat | Mokopane | |
Wards | 32 | |
Government[1] | ||
• Type | Municipal council | |
• Mayor | Esther Mothibi | |
Area | ||
• Total | 6,166 km2 (2,381 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)[2] | ||
• Total | 307,682 | |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) | |
Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
• Black African | 96.1% | |
• Coloured | 0.1% | |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% | |
• White | 3.0% | |
First languages (2011)[3] | ||
• Northern Sotho | 73.5% | |
• Tsonga | 9.1% | |
• Southern Ndebele | 6.6% | |
• Afrikaans | 3.1% | |
• Other | 7.7% | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) | |
Municipal code | LIM367 |
Mogalakwena Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Mogalakwena Local Municipality is Mokopane.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Babirwa | 91901 | 5.17 | 3,328 | Northern Sotho |
Bakenberg | 91902 | 1,223.97 | 101,580 | Northern Sotho |
Bakoni Manetji | 91903 | 581.60 | 27,375 | Northern Sotho |
Ba-Mokopane | 91904 | 130.49 | 44,026 | Northern Sotho |
Batlokwa | 91905 | 96.64 | 8,190 | Northern Sotho |
Lekalakala Part 1 | 91906 | 9.24 | 20,394 | Northern Sotho |
Lekalakala Part 2 | 91917 | 2.50 | 1,305 | Northern Sotho |
Mahwelereng | 91907 | 10.12 | 32,819 | Northern Sotho |
Matlala Dichoeneng | 91909 | 2.34 | 3,265 | Northern Sotho |
Matlala | 91908 | 2.48 | 535 | Northern Sotho |
Mokerong | 91911 | 23.93 | 45 | Northern Sotho |
Nkiditlana | 91912 | 1.30 | 1,202 | Northern Sotho |
Potgietersrus | 91913 | 65.97 | 19,391 | Afrikaans |
Rebone | 91914 | 2.60 | 2,579 | Northern Sotho |
Sekgakgapeng | 91915 | 4.00 | 12,113 | Northern Sotho |
Tsebishi | 91916 | 0.92 | 1,838 | Northern Sotho |
Remainder of the municipality | 91910 | 4,021.12 | 18,464 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
African National Congress | 43,467 | 44,356 | 87,823 | 63.5 | 30 | 11 | 41 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 13,487 | 13,960 | 27,447 | 19.8 | 0 | 13 | 13 | |
Democratic Alliance | 6,448 | 6,487 | 12,935 | 9.4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,175 | 1,201 | 2,376 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mogalakwena Residents Association | 1,110 | 1,096 | 2,206 | 1.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 2,096 | – | 2,096 | 1.5 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Azanian People's Organisation | 453 | 394 | 847 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 235 | 369 | 604 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 253 | 332 | 585 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 74 | 465 | 539 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 199 | 184 | 383 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Christian Democratic Party | 154 | 189 | 343 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Socialist Party | 65 | 60 | 125 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 69,216 | 69,093 | 138,309 | 100.0 | 32 | 32 | 64 | |
Spoilt votes | 1,138 | 1,324 | 2,462 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mogalakwena" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mogalakwena" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2017.