Maquassi Hills Local Municipality
Maquassi Hills Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.
Maquassi Hills | |
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.svg.png.webp) Location in the North West | |
| Coordinates: 27°15′S 26°0′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Dr Kenneth Kaunda |
| Seat | Wolmaransstad |
| Wards | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Zandisile Mweli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,643 km2 (1,793 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 77,794 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 88.7% |
| • Coloured | 2.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 8.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 72.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 10.7% |
| • Sotho | 6.6% |
| • Xhosa | 4.1% |
| • Other | 6.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW404 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Kareeboom | 62001 | 5.34 | 66 | Tswana |
| Kgakala | 62002 | 1.64 | 9,961 | Tswana |
| Lebaleng | 62003 | 0.98 | 8,417 | Tswana |
| Leeudoringstad | 62004 | 2.69 | 1,492 | Afrikaans |
| Makwassie | 62005 | 7.28 | 3,486 | Tswana |
| Rulaganyang | 62007 | 0.37 | 1,269 | Tswana |
| Tswelelang | 62008 | 2.29 | 20,101 | Tswana |
| Witpoort | 62009 | 17.78 | 374 | Afrikaans |
| Wolmaransstad | 62010 | 7.13 | 2,607 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 62006 | 4,598.81 | 20,662 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 03 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 13,465 | 13,320 | 26,785 | 64.8 | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,750 | 2,785 | 5,535 | 13.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,264 | 2,285 | 4,549 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Forum 4 Service Delivery | 1,492 | 1,467 | 2,959 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 447 | 475 | 922 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lebaleng Communist Party | 143 | 146 | 289 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 32 | 91 | 123 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 57 | 66 | 123 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 72 | – | 72 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 20,722 | 20,635 | 41,357 | 100.0 | 11 | 11 | 22 | |
| Spoilt votes | 672 | 697 | 1,369 | |||||
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: Maquassi Hills" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Maquassi Hills" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20170621102351/http://maquassihills.org/