Tlokwe Local Municipality

Tlokwe Local Municipality (before February 2007, Potchefstroom Local Municipality) was a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat was Potchefstroom. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger JB Marks Local Municipality.

Tlokwe
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°45′S 27°10′E / 26.750°S 27.167°E / -26.750; 27.167
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat	Potchefstroom
Wards	26
Government ^[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Kgotso Khumalo (ANC)
Area
• Total	2,674 km^2 (1,032 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[2]
• Total	162,762
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[2]
• Black African	71.3%
• Coloured	6.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	20.6%
First languages (2011) ^[2]
• Tswana	40.6%
• Afrikaans	27.5%
• Sotho	11.9%
• Xhosa	9.6%
• Other	10.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW402

The most widely accepted theory on the origin of the name Potchefstroom is that the name is composed of three words: Potgieter, chef and stroom. The first syllable is that of Potgieter, the second from the fact that he was a "chef" or a leader of the emigrants, and the third signifying the Mooi River. The complete name "Potgieter" was gradually shortened to "Pot".^[3]

In The News

In February 2013, then mayor of Tlokwe, prof. Annette Combrink declared that she would refuse to use the new official vehicle that was delivered to her. It was a customized Mercedes-Benz C350 CDI, worth R736,000.-, that the ANC ruled council had ordered in July 2012 for the previous mayor Maphetle Maphetle. Combrink represents the opposition Democratic Alliance but was elected mayor due to disagreements in the ANC led council. She declared to be quite happy to use her nine-year-old Volkswagen Passat instead, in view of the poverty in the municipality.^[4] The ANC declared that they plan to unseat the mayor as soon as possible.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Ikageng	61801	76.64	61,847	Tswana
Mohadin	61802	2.75	12,079	Tswana
Potchefstroom	61803	46.19	26,723	Afrikaans
Promosa	61804	2.88	10,715	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	61805	2,544.91	16,983	Afrikaans

Rivers

• Ensel Spruit
• Kromdraai Spruit
• Loop Spruit
• Mooi River
• Rooikraal Spruit
• Vaal River

Dams

• Boskop Dam
• Klipdrift Dam
• Modder Dam
• Poortjies Dam
• Potchefstroom Dam

Politics

The municipal council consisted of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-six were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	28,480	32,544	61,024	57.9	16	14	30
	Democratic Alliance	19,710	19,326	39,036	37.0	9	10	19
	FF Plus	1,508	1,374	2,882	2.7	0	2	2
	COPE	978	759	1,737	1.6	1	0	1
	ACDP	319	168	487	0.5	0	0	0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	236	54	290	0.3	0	0	0
Total		51,231	54,225	105,456	100.0	26	26	52
Spoilt votes		2,323	660	2,983

References

1. . Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. South African Languages - Place names
4. Die Burger 8 Feb 2013 (in Afrikaans)
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• Official website