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
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Seat	Mokopane
Wards	32
Government ^[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Andrina Matsemela
Area
• Total	6,166 km^2 (2,381 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[2]
• Total	307,682
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[2]
• Black African	96.1%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	3.0%
First languages (2011) ^[2]
• 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:^[3]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
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.^[4][5]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	43,467	44,356	87,823	63.5	30	11	41
	EFF	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
	COPE	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
	PAC	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

• Mogalakwena River

References

1. . 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. 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.

External links

• Official homepage
• Mogalakwena (LIM 367) Proposed Ward^{[permanent dead link]}
• MDB Proposal for Mogalakwena Local Municipality^{[permanent dead link]}

Coordinates: 23°50′S 28°40′E / 23.833°S 28.667°E / -23.833; 28.667