Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality
Greater Tzaneen Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Greater Tzaneen; Tsonga: Masipala wa Greater Tzaneen) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Tzaneen.
Greater Tzaneen | |
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.svg.png.webp) Location in Limpopo | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Mopani |
| Seat | Tzaneen |
| Wards | 34 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gerson Molapisane (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,243 km2 (1,252 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 390,095 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 96.4% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 3.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sepedi | 46.2% |
| • Tsonga | 40.9% |
| • Sotho | 4.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.6% |
| • Other | 6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM333 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakgaga Ba Maake | 90301 | 14.37 | 12,651 | Northern Sotho |
| Bakgage | 90302 | 14.54 | 14,923 | Northern Sotho |
| Vankuna | 90303 | 448.79 | 151,014 | Tsonga |
| Batlhabine Ba Magoboya | 90304 | 65.26 | 17,883 | Northern Sotho |
| Dwarsfontein | 90305 | 0.45 | 983 | Northern Sotho |
| Haenertsburg | 90307 | 1.04 | 481 | English |
| Letsitele | 90308 | 1.16 | 310 | Afrikaans |
| Modjadji | 90309 | 315.69 | 84,386 | Northern Sotho |
| N'wamitwa | 90310 | 165.78 | 36,344 | Tsonga |
| Nyavana | 90311 | 44.36 | 8,783 | Tsonga |
| Tzaneen | 90312 | 18.80 | 6,959 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 90306 | 2,149.54 | 40,856 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 70,135 | 71,135 | 141,270 | 75.2 | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| EFF | 10,717 | 11,222 | 21,939 | 11.7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 8,520 | 8,672 | 17,192 | 9.2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| African People's Convention | 1,017 | 1,078 | 2,095 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1,616 | – | 1,616 | 0.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| COPE | 731 | 707 | 1,438 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| FF Plus | 443 | 403 | 846 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 165 | 418 | 583 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tzaneen Freedom Party | 147 | 206 | 353 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAC | 105 | 192 | 297 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UDM | 48 | 88 | 136 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IFP | 18 | 66 | 84 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 93,662 | 94,187 | 187,849 | 100.0 | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,162 | 1,288 | 2,450 | |||||
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.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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