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.
Mogalakwena | |
|---|---|
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.svg) 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
editThe 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babirwa | 91901 | 5.17 | 3,328 | Northern Sotho |
| Bakenberg Langa | 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(Ga Mokopane) | 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
editThe 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-two seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 36,107 | 63.58 | 29 | 37,142 | 65.13 | 13 | 42 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 10,892 | 19.18 | 1 | 11,135 | 19.52 | 12 | 13 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,237 | 7.46 | 2 | 4,192 | 7.35 | 3 | 5 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,269 | 2.23 | 0 | 1,284 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 701 | 1.23 | 0 | 651 | 1.14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,341 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| African People's Convention | 526 | 0.93 | 0 | 423 | 0.74 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 other parties | 1,718 | 3.03 | 0 | 2,204 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 56,791 | 100.00 | 32 | 57,031 | 100.00 | 32 | 64 | |
| Valid votes | 56,791 | 98.29 | 57,031 | 98.30 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 990 | 1.71 | 985 | 1.70 | ||||
| Total votes | 57,781 | 100.00 | 58,016 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 141,932 | 40.71 | 141,932 | 40.88 | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mogalakwena". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-04-23.