Tsantsabane Local Municipality

Tsantsabane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Tsantsabane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 22°30′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	ZF Mgcawu
Seat	Postmasburg
Wards	7
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mpho Mashila (African National Congress)
Area
• Total	18,333 km^2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	35,093
• Density	1.9/km^2 (5.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	52.8%
• Coloured	37.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	8.4%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	55.2%
• Tswana	33.2%
• Xhosa	2.4%
• English	2.3%
• Other	6.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC085

Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones (e.g. the hematite).[4]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population
Glosam	381002	1.20	119
Goedgedacht	381003	0.28	746
Groenwater	381004	1.40	739
Postmasburg	381005	158.41	30,089
Tsantsabane NU and the remainder of the municipality	381001	18171.50	3,399

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	6,563	6,526	13,089	55.6	7	0	7
	Save Tsantsabane Coalition	2,546	2,566	5,112	21.7	0	3	3
	Democratic Alliance	1,934	1,908	3,842	16.3	0	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	517	522	1,039	4.4	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	232	216	448	1.9	0	0	0
Total		11,792	11,738	23,530	100.0	7	6	13
Spoilt votes		152	193	345

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Statistics South Africa - Tsantsabane
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Tsantsabane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Tsantsabane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

External links

• Official website