Greater Taung Local Municipality
Greater Taung Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Taung.
Greater Taung | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati |
| Seat | Taung |
| Wards | 26 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gk Lobelo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,635 km2 (2,176 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 177,642 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.2% |
| • Coloured | 1.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 90.3% |
| • Xhosa | 1.7% |
| • Sotho | 1.5% |
| • English | 1.5% |
| • Other | 5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW394 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathlaping Ba Ga Maidi | 61401 | 483.38 | 26,424 | Tswana |
| Bathlaping Ba Ga Mothibi | 61402 | 811.50 | 30,810 | Tswana |
| Bathlaping Ba Ga Phuduhutswana | 61403 | 1,193.50 | 107,870 | Tswana |
| Batlhaping Ba Ga Phudutswana | 61404 | 2.76 | 3,337 | Tswana |
| Boipelo | 61405 | 3.81 | 3,568 | Tswana |
| Motsweding | 61407 | 9.55 | 3,255 | Tswana |
| Pudimoe | 61408 | 2.80 | 3,718 | Tswana |
| Reivilo | 61409 | 27.28 | 21 | Tswana |
| Remainder of the municipality | 61406 | 3,106.08 | 3,159 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-four 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 thirty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 30,696 | 31,836 | 62,532 | 64.8 | 24 | 10 | 34 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,516 | 6,311 | 11,827 | 12.3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Independent | 6,636 | – | 6,636 | 6.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Forum 4 Service Delivery | 2,796 | 3,570 | 6,366 | 6.6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,777 | 1,978 | 3,755 | 3.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Independent Congress | 305 | 1,673 | 1,978 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 482 | 857 | 1,339 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| ACDP | 376 | 570 | 946 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African People's Convention | 165 | 369 | 534 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 273 | 253 | 526 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 49,022 | 47,417 | 96,439 | 100.0 | 24 | 24 | 48 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,610 | 2,216 | 3,826 | |||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Taung" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Taung" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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