Thabazimbi Local Municipality

Thabazimbi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Waterberg District of Limpopo in South Africa. The seat of Thabazimbi Local Municipality is Thabazimbi.

Thabazimbi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 24°35′S 27°10′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictWaterberg
SeatThabazimbi
Wards12
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJM Fischer [2] (Thabazimbi Residents Association)
 • SpeakerCllr Thane Hearne (DA)[3]
Area
 • Total11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[4]
 • Total85,234
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African84.3%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White14.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana41.2%
 • Afrikaans15.7%
 • Xhosa12.3%
 • Northern Sotho8.0%
 • Other22.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM361

Thabazimbi is an isiZulu name meaning "iron mountain". The Zulu and Nyasa speaking people worked on this mountain to mine iron.[6]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[7]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amandelbult9140147.732,076Tswana
Ipeleng914020.02940Tswana
Middeldrift914031.152,138Afrikaans
Mmebane914040.01283Northern Sotho
Northam9140547.566,180Tswana
Regorogile914061.117,609Tswana
Rooiberg Tin Mine914074.32250Afrikaans
Rooikrans914082.69153Tswana
Smersha Block914091.3312,875Xhosa
Swartklip9141014.182,912Afrikaans
Swartkop914110.56103Afrikaans
Thabazimbi9141310.764,423Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality914129,723.0623,968Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve 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 3 August 2016, the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority on the council. Midah Moselane of the Thabazimbi Residents Association subsequently was elected mayor with support from the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+).

The following table shows the results of the election.[8][9]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 10,21010,15120,36145.38210
Democratic Alliance 4,9825,0029,98422.2235
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,4694,6299,09820.2235
Thabazimbi Residents Association 1,8911,8783,7698.4022
Freedom Front Plus 6305831,2132.7011
UDM 2573424991.1000
Independent 25-250.1000
Total 22,46422,48544,949100.0121123
Spoilt votes 456459915

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. http://platinumbushvelder.co.za/article.php?id=874&categoryID=6
  3. https://www.polity.org.za/article/da-welcomes-new-thabazimbi-speaker-2019-09-27
  4. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  6. South African Languages - Place names
  7. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  8. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  9. "Seat Calculation Detail: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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