Madibeng Local Municipality
The Madibeng Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartebeespoort is also located in the municipality.
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Bojanala Platinum |
| Seat | Brits |
| Wards | 41 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Jostine Mothibe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,839 km2 (1,482 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 477,381 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 89.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 8.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 43.5% |
| • Tsonga | 11.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.0% |
| • Northern Sotho | 7.9% |
| • Other | 28.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW372 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bafokeng | 60201 | 7.36 | 17,380 | Tswana |
| Bakgatla Ba Mmakau | 60202 | 214.97 | 58,055 | Tswana |
| Bakwena Ba Magopa | 60203 | 95.43 | 33,566 | Tswana |
| Bakwena Boo Modimosana Ba Ga Makau | 60204 | 387.26 | 15,613 | Tswana |
| Bapo Ba Ga Mogale | 60205 | 20.53 | 37,311 | Tswana |
| Borakalalo Nature Reserve | 60206 | 73.85 | 48 | Tswana |
| Brits | 60207 | 24.80 | 12,383 | Afrikaans |
| Damonsville | 60208 | 0.59 | 1,680 | Afrikaans |
| Elandsdrift | 60209 | 0.08 | 255 | Xhosa |
| Ga-Rankuwa | 60210 | 508.02 | 37,533 | Tswana |
| Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve | 60211 | 23.99 | 42 | Afrikaans |
| Hartebeesfontein New Paradise | 60212 | 1.33 | 93 | Afrikaans |
| Hartebeespoort | 60213 | 13.27 | 6,329 | Afrikaans |
| Jonathan | 60214 | 26.87 | 625 | Zulu |
| Lethlabile | 60215 | 10.38 | 35,606 | Tswana |
| Magaliesberg Nature Reserve | 60217 | 20.80 | 329 | Afrikaans |
| Maroelakop | 60218 | 0.47 | 2,523 | Xhosa |
| Mooinooi | 60219 | 3.15 | 3,894 | Afrikaans |
| Oskraal | 60220 | 15.74 | 934 | Tswana |
| Oukasie | 60221 | 3.73 | 19,627 | Tswana |
| Pelindaba | 60222 | 20.23 | 156 | Afrikaans |
| Sechaba-Sa-Ba-Taung | 60223 | 27.53 | 12,306 | Sotho |
| Sonop | 60224 | 3.04 | 1,946 | Afrikaans |
| Western Platinum Mines | 60225 | 0.79 | 5,090 | Xhosa |
| Remainder of the municipality | 60216 | 2,310.16 | 34,936 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of eighty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty 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 forty-five 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 | 63,676 | 62,254 | 125,930 | 54.4 | 34 | 11 | 45 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 22,820 | 22,634 | 45,454 | 19.6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 20,143 | 19,899 | 40,042 | 17.3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | |
| Forum 4 Service Delivery | 2,958 | 3,127 | 6,085 | 2.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,867 | 1,958 | 3,825 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Independent Congress | 674 | 2,606 | 3,280 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1,738 | – | 1,738 | 0.8 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 416 | 469 | 885 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Others | 1,694 | 2,571 | 4,265 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 115,986 | 115,518 | 231,504 | 100.0 | 41 | 40 | 81 | |
| Spoilt votes | 2,347 | 2,540 | 4,887 | |||||
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: Madibeng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Madibeng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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