Greater Letaba Local Municipality

Greater Letaba Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Greater Letaba; Tsonga: Masipala wa Greater Letaba) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Modjadjiskloof.

Greater Letaba
Official seal of Greater Letaba
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictMopani
SeatModjadjiskloof
Wards30
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorDagma Mamanyoha
Area
  Total1,891 km2 (730 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total212,701
  Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African98.8%
  Coloured0.1%
  Indian/Asian0.1%
  White0.8%
First languages (2011)
  Northern Sotho80.4%
  Tsonga12.6%
  Sotho1.7%
  Other5.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM332

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Modjadjiskloof902013.531,347Afrikaans
Mamaila90203247.8539,507Northern Sotho
Modjadji90204723.88126,504Northern Sotho
Pheeha9020526.045,999Northern Sotho
Sekgopo9020631.7518,517Northern Sotho
Vuyani9020777.959,595Tsonga
Remainder of the municipality90202782.4018,657Tsonga

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining thirty 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-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 42,67143,06485,73575.6301646
EFF 8,6808,86017,54015.5099
COPE 1,5451,7103,2552.9022
Democratic Alliance 1,5611,5903,1512.8022
Limpopo Residents Association 6346061,2401.1011
Independent 9139130.800
ACDP 2122364480.4000
UDM 1581873450.3000
Ximoko Party 1421572990.3000
FF Plus 1391532920.3000
PAC 861142000.2000
Total 56,74156,677113,418100.0303060
Spoilt votes 6627911,453

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Letaba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Letaba" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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