Mogalakwena
Local municipality
Official seal of Mogalakwena
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictWaterberg
SeatMokopane
Wards32
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAndrina Matsemela
Area
 • Total6,166 km2 (2,381 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total307,682
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African96.1%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White3.0%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Northern Sotho73.5%
 • Tsonga9.1%
 • Southern Ndebele6.6%
 • Afrikaans3.1%
 • Other7.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM367

Mogalakwena Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Mogalakwena) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Mokopane.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Babirwa919015.173,328Northern Sotho
Bakenberg Langa919021,223.97101,580Northern Sotho
Bakoni Manetji91903581.6027,375Northern Sotho
Ba-Mokopane91904130.4944,026Northern Sotho
Batlokwa9190596.648,190Northern Sotho
Lekalakala Part 1919069.2420,394Northern Sotho
Lekalakala Part 2919172.501,305Northern Sotho
Mahwelereng9190710.1232,819Northern Sotho
Matlala Dichoeneng919092.343,265Northern Sotho
Matlala919082.48535Northern Sotho
Mokerong9191123.9345Northern Sotho
Nkiditlana919121.301,202Northern Sotho
Potgietersrus(Ga Mokopane)9191365.9719,391Afrikaans
Rebone919142.602,579Northern Sotho
Sekgakgapeng919154.0012,113Northern Sotho
Tsebishi919160.921,838Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality919104,021.1218,464Northern 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.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 43,46744,35687,82363.5301141
EFF 13,48713,96027,44719.801313
Democratic Alliance 6,4486,48712,9359.4246
FF Plus 1,1751,2012,3761.7011
Mogalakwena Residents Association 1,1101,0962,2061.6011
Independent 2,096–2,0961.50–0
Azanian People's Organisation 4533948470.6011
COPE 2353696040.4011
ACDP 2533325850.4000
African People's Convention 744655390.4000
PAC 1991843830.3000
United Christian Democratic Party 1541893430.3000
African People's Socialist Party 65601250.1000
Total 69,21669,093138,309100.0323264
Spoilt votes 1,1381,3242,462

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 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mogalakwena" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mogalakwena" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

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