Naledi Local Municipality, North West
Naledi Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Vryburg.
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati |
| Seat | Vryburg |
| Wards | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Rose Mompati |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,941 km2 (2,680 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 66,781 |
| • Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 74.0% |
| • Coloured | 14.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
| • White | 9.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 68.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 23.8% |
| • English | 3.4% |
| • Other | 4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW392 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huhudi | 61201 | 4.09 | 21,572 | Tswana |
| Stella | 61203 | 6.74 | 1,109 | Afrikaans |
| Vryburg | 61204 | 64.13 | 14,601 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 61202 | 7,192.18 | 20,827 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 thirteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 11,325 | 11,272 | 22,597 | 63.9 | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,127 | 4,073 | 8,200 | 23.2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,496 | 1,508 | 3,004 | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 371 | 359 | 730 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 197 | 341 | 538 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 101 | 96 | 197 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 88 | – | 88 | 0.3 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 17,705 | 17,649 | 35,354 | 100.0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Spoilt votes | 346 | 414 | 760 | |||||
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: Naledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Naledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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