Madibeng Local Municipality

Madibeng Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Madibeng; Tsonga: Masipala wa Madibeng) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartbeespoort is also located in the municipality.

Madibeng
Official seal of Madibeng
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
SeatBrits
Wards41
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorDouglas Tlhogokgolo Maimane
Area
  Total3,839 km2 (1,482 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total477,381
  Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African89.3%
  Coloured0.9%
  Indian/Asian0.5%
  White8.9%
First languages (2011)
  Tswana43.5%
  Tsonga11.0%
  Afrikaans9.0%
  Northern Sotho7.9%
  Other28.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW372

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bafokeng602017.3617,380Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau60202214.9758,055Tswana
Bakwena Ba Magopa6020395.4333,566Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana Ba Ga Makau60204387.2615,613Tswana
Bapo Ba Ga Mogale6020520.5337,311Tswana
Borakalalo Nature Reserve6020673.8548Tswana
Brits6020724.8012,383Afrikaans
Damonsville602080.591,680Afrikaans
Elandsdrift602090.08255Xhosa
Ga-Rankuwa60210508.0237,533Tswana
Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve6021123.9942Afrikaans
Hartebeesfontein New Paradise602121.3393Afrikaans
Hartebeespoort6021313.276,329Afrikaans
Jonathan6021426.87625Zulu
Lethlabile6021510.3835,606Tswana
Magaliesberg Nature Reserve6021720.80329Afrikaans
Maroelakop602180.472,523Xhosa
Mooinooi602193.153,894Afrikaans
Oskraal6022015.74934Tswana
Oukasie602213.7319,627Tswana
Pelindaba6022220.23156Afrikaans
Sechaba-Sa-Ba-Taung6022327.5312,306Sotho
Sonop602243.041,946Afrikaans
Western Platinum Mines602250.795,090Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality602162,310.1634,936Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty-one 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) won a majority of forty-four seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress47,23352.913647,78053.42844
Economic Freedom Fighters15,17617.00115,84717.721314
Democratic Alliance12,92814.48412,65814.15812
Freedom Front Plus4,6285.1804,5285.0644
Save Madibeng2,9713.3303,1803.5633
Independent candidates1,8842.1100
Al Jama-ah5980.6705860.6611
African Independent Congress3750.4207720.8611
Forum for Service Delivery5060.5705200.5811
United Democratic Movement5280.5904890.5511
African Christian Democratic Party4860.5404140.4611
16 other parties1,9562.1902,6732.9900
Total89,269100.004189,447100.004182
Valid votes89,26998.1789,44798.23
Invalid/blank votes1,6611.831,6081.77
Total votes90,930100.0091,055100.00
Registered voters/turnout222,80440.81222,80440.87

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. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Madibeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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