JB Marks Local Municipality

JB Marks Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa JB Marks; Afrikaans: JB Marks Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Tlokwe and Ventersdorp municipalities.[3] The merger of the municipalities was motivated by political interests as the African National Congress was losing support to the Democratic Alliance in Tlokwe.

JB Marks Local Municipality
Local municipality
Map of the North West with JB Marks highlighted
Map of the North West with JB Marks highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatPotchefstroom
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor(ANC)
Area
[2]
 • Total6,398 km2 (2,470 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total219,464
 • Density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW405

The municipality was renamed after JB Marks in 2017, following the creation of the new municipality the year before. Other name proposals included Josie Mpama.[4] Marks was born in Ventersdorp while Mpama was born in Potchefstroom.

Politics
Main article: JB Marks Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost their majority on the municipal council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress24,70248.292424,20947.72933
Democratic Alliance12,95025.31912,88725.40817
Freedom Front Plus6,91013.5116,89013.5889
Economic Freedom Fighters4,5558.9004,6459.1666
Patriotic Alliance1,0682.0901,3212.6022
Independent candidates4500.8800
4 other parties5211.0207811.5400
Total51,156100.003450,733100.003367
Valid votes51,15698.0650,73397.81
Invalid/blank votes1,0131.941,1362.19
Total votes52,169100.0051,869100.00
Registered voters/turnout113,21846.08113,21845.81

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages for the combined municipalities of Tlokwe and Ventersdorp:

  • 67.1% Setswana;
  • 17.4% Afrikaans;
  • 4.2% English;
  • 1.4% IsiZulu;
  • 1.3% Sesotho;
  • 1.0% IsiXhosa;
  • 0.8% IsiNdebele [6]

References
  1. "DA to be watchdog of ANC in North West". OFM.
  2. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tlokwe, Ventersdorp.
  3. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. News24 - New names for Potch municipality. Retrieved on 5 April 2017
  5. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ventersdorp/Tlokwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. Africa, Statistics South. "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa". Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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