Bela-Bela Local Municipality

Bela-Bela Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Bela-Bela Local Municipality is Bela-Bela.

Bela-Bela
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 24°55′S 28°15′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictWaterberg
SeatBela-Bela
Wards9
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSello Freddy Hlungwane
Area
 • Total3,406 km2 (1,315 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total66,500
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African84.8%
 • Coloured1.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White12.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho38.4%
 • Tswana16.7%
 • Afrikaans13.5%
 • Tsonga10.6%
 • Other20.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM366

"Bela" is a Sesotho word meaning "to boil", referring to the hot water springs found in the area.[4]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Bela-Bela98100323.2945,001
Bela-Bela NU9810023,373.7313,616
Pienaarsrivier9810092.061,897
Rapotokwane9810072.172,787
Rust De Winter9810080.38105
Settlers9810051.17819
Vingerkraal9810011.14827
Welgegund Village9810061.941,448

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 narrow majority of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 8,4108,50916,91951.5729
Democratic Alliance 4,4614,4718,93227.2235
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,1212,1684,28913.1022
Bushbuckridge Residents Association 9289401,8685.7011
Independent 211–2110.60–0
Ubuntu Party 85941790.6000
Congress of the People 88701580.5000
South African Christian Movement 39821210.4000
ACDP 2560850.3000
Pan Africanist Congress 4335780.2000
Total 16,41116,42932,840100.09817
Spoilt votes 303313616

In a by-election held on 17 July 2018, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by an ANC candidate.[8] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 8210
Democratic Alliance 134
Economic Freedom Fighters 022
Bushbuckridge Residents Association 011
Total 9817

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Bela-Bela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Bela-Bela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  8. "ANC wins Bela-Bela local municipality by-election". The Citizen. 24 July 2018.
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