Mogalakwena Local Municipality
Mogalakwena Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Mogalakwena Local Municipality is Mokopane.
Mogalakwena | |
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Seal | |
Location in Limpopo | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Waterberg |
Seat | Mokopane |
Wards | 32 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Andrina Matsemela |
Area | |
• Total | 6,166 km2 (2,381 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 307,682 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 96.1% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 3.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• 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 |
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 | ||
ANC | 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 | |
ACDP | 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.
- "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.