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
Official seal of Greater Tzaneen
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictMopani
SeatTzaneen
Wards34
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorGerson Molapisane (ANC)
Area
  Total3,243 km2 (1,252 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total390,095
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African96.4%
  Coloured0.2%
  Indian/Asian0.4%
  White3.0%
First languages (2011)
  Sepedi46.2%
  Tsonga40.9%
  Sotho4.3%
  Afrikaans2.6%
  Other6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM333

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bakgaga Ba Maake9030114.3712,651Northern Sotho
Bakgage9030214.5414,923Northern Sotho
Vankuna90303448.79151,014Tsonga
Batlhabine Ba Magoboya9030465.2617,883Northern Sotho
Dwarsfontein903050.45983Northern Sotho
Haenertsburg903071.04481English
Letsitele903081.16310Afrikaans
Modjadji90309315.6984,386Northern Sotho
N'wamitwa90310165.7836,344Tsonga
Nyavana9031144.368,783Tsonga
Tzaneen9031218.806,959Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality903062,149.5440,856Northern 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]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 70,13571,135141,27075.2331952
EFF 10,71711,22221,93911.7088
Democratic Alliance 8,5208,67217,1929.2257
African People's Convention 1,0171,0782,0951.1011
Independent 1,6161,6160.900
COPE 7317071,4380.8011
FF Plus 4434038460.4000
ACDP 1654185830.3000
Tzaneen Freedom Party 1472063530.2000
PAC 1051922970.2000
UDM 48881360.1000
IFP 1866840.0000
Total 93,66294,187187,849100.0353469
Spoilt votes 1,1621,2882,450

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 Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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