Mogale City Local Municipality

Mogale City
Local municipality

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Location in Gauteng
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°0′S 27°40′E / 26.000°S 27.667°E / -26.000; 27.667Coordinates: 26°0′S 27°40′E / 26.000°S 27.667°E / -26.000; 27.667
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng
District West Rand
Seat Krugersdorp
Wards 34
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Patrick Lipudi (ANC)
Area
 • Total 1,342 km2 (518 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 362,422
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 75.6%
 • Coloured 0.8%
 • Indian/Asian 2.2%
 • White 21.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Tswana 31.7%
 • Afrikaans 17.2%
 • Zulu 11.2%
 • English 9.7%
 • Other 30.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code GT481

Mogale City Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, in South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Kagiso7010121.12100,940Tswana
Krugersdorp70102195.9986,614Afrikaans
Magaliesburg701037.432,512Tswana
Mogale City701090.611,411Tswana
Muldersdrift7010518.07599Tswana
Munsieville701061.8119,837Tswana
Orient Hills701070.231,083Tswana
Rietvallei701082.8331,261Tswana
Remainder of the municipality70104847.9745,457Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 plurality of thirty-eight seats on the council but failed to win an overall majority by one seat. Council had to elect a Chief Whip, Speaker and an Executive Mayor. The Democratic Alliance (DA) subsequently formed a government with the support of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Freedom Front Plus (VF+), and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Councillor Lynn Pannall of the DA was elected as Eecutive Mayor.[5] In a shocking turn of results, the position of Speaker and Chief Whip was awarded to the ANC. Councillor Cllr Sipho Dube was sworn in as Chief Whip and Patrick Naga Lipudi as Speaker. Councillor Lynn Pannall later resigned due to ill health and Councillor Michael Holenstein, also from the DA, was subsequently elected Mayor.[6] The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 58,07157,956116,02748.8281038
Democratic Alliance 41,47241,38382,85534.9111627
Economic Freedom Fighters 13,86013,80527,66511.7099
Freedom Front Plus 2,7662,6635,4292.3022
Inkatha Freedom Party 8048811,6850.7011
Others 1,8432,0543,8970.5000
Total 118,816118,742 237,558 100.0393877
Spoilt votes 1,3931,4202,813

See also

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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "PANNAL: EFF, DA HAVE SAME AIMS FOR MOGALE CITY". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mogale City council elects new mayor". Independent Online. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mogale City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mogale City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2016.


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