JB Marks Local Municipality

JB Marks Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp local municipalities.[3]

JB Marks Local Municipality
Local municipality
Map of the North West with JB Marks highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatPotchefstroom
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKgotso Khumalo (ANC)
 • SpeakerElisa Mogoeemang (ANC)
Area
 • Total6,398 km2 (2,470 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total219,464
 • Density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW405

The municipality was renamed after JB Marks in 2017, following the creation of the new municipality the year before. Other name proposals included Josie Mpama.[4] Marks was born in Ventersdorp while Mpama was born in Potchefstroom.

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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 thirty-four seats on the council. In October 2020, JB Marks mayor Kgotso Moses Khumalo and municipal director Cyril Hendry were arrested for fraud and theft involving R5m and appeared in the Potchefstroom Magistrate's Court.[5]

The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 33,42033,26966,68950.9241034
Democratic Alliance 21,00921,22242,23132.2101222
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,9274,8859,8127.5055
Freedom Front Plus 3,5863,4717,0575.4044
Independent Councillors 2,1012,0364,1373.2022
Congress of the People 215745950.5000
Independent 396-3960.3000
Pan Africanist Congress 441511950.2000
Total 65,50465,608131,112100.0343367
Spoilt votes 1,1691,3742,543

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages for the combined municipalities of Tlokwe and Ventersdorp: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.8% IsiNdebele ... [8] [9]

References
  1. http://www.ofm.co.za/article/local-news/191169/da-to-be-watchdog-of-anc-in-north-west
  2. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tlokwe, Ventersdorp.
  3. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. News24 - New names for Potch municipality. Retrieved on 5 April 2017
  5. "Hawks arrest JB Marks mayor and director for fraud and theft involving R5m". News 24. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  8. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=tlokwe-city-council-municipality
  9. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=ventersdorp-municipality

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