Joe Morolong Local Municipality

Joe Morolong Local Municipality (formerly Moshaweng Local Municipality) is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Joe Morolong
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°S 23°E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
SeatMothibistad
Wards15
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorTifo Loveras Seikaneng
Area
 • Total20,172 km2 (7,788 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total89,530
 • Density4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African96.4%
 • Coloured2.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White1.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana90.7%
 • Afrikaans3.6%
 • English1.9%
 • Other3.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC451

Moshaweng is a Setswana name for "place of sand".[4]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Batlhaping Ba Ga Jantjie621010.7348Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Sehunelo62102737.163,305Tswana
Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware621032,647.0927,063Tswana
Batlharo Ba Ga Phadima62104451.266,531Tswana
Batlharo Ba Lotlhware62105169.221,050Tswana
Blackrock3950117.111,002Afrikaans
Hotazel3950229.921,232Tswana
Kalahari3950310,651.433,166Tswana
Kudumane621062,024.2246,111Tswana
Van Zylsrus395040.90848Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 twenty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 19,41819,71239,13070.715621
Economic Freedom Fighters 5,3115,68210,99319.9066
Democratic Alliance 9919441,9353.5011
United Christian Democratic Party 6527031,3552.5011
Congress of the People 4566421,0982.0000
Independent 816–8161.50–0
Total 27,64427,68355,327100.0151429
Spoilt votes 7357071,442

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: Joe Morolong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Joe Morolong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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