Tsantsabane Local Municipality

Tsantsabane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Tsantsabane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 22°30′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictZF Mgcawu
SeatPostmasburg
Wards7
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMpho Mashila (African National Congress)
Area
 • Total18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total35,093
 • Density1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African52.8%
 • Coloured37.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White8.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans55.2%
 • Tswana33.2%
 • Xhosa2.4%
 • English2.3%
 • Other6.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC085

Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones (e.g. the hematite).[4]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Glosam3810021.20119
Goedgedacht3810030.28746
Groenwater3810041.40739
Postmasburg381005158.4130,089
Tsantsabane NU and the
remainder of the municipality		38100118171.503,399

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 6,5636,52613,08955.6707
Save Tsantsabane Coalition 2,5462,5665,11221.7033
Democratic Alliance 1,9341,9083,84216.3022
Economic Freedom Fighters 5175221,0394.4011
Freedom Front Plus 2322164481.9000
Total 11,79211,73823,530100.07613
Spoilt votes 152193345

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. Statistics South Africa - Tsantsabane
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Tsantsabane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Tsantsabane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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