Tlokwe Local Municipality

Tlokwe Local Municipality (before February 2007, Potchefstroom Local Municipality) was a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat was Potchefstroom. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger JB Marks Local Municipality.

Tlokwe
Local municipality
Official seal of Tlokwe
Seal
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°45′S 27°10′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatPotchefstroom
Wards26
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKgotso Khumalo (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,674 km2 (1,032 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total162,762
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African71.3%
 • Coloured6.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
 • White20.6%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Tswana40.6%
 • Afrikaans27.5%
 • Sotho11.9%
 • Xhosa9.6%
 • Other10.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW402

The most widely accepted theory on the origin of the name Potchefstroom is that the name is composed of three words: Potgieter, chef and stroom. The first syllable is that of Potgieter, the second from the fact that he was a "chef" or a leader of the emigrants, and the third signifying the Mooi River. The complete name "Potgieter" was gradually shortened to "Pot".[3]

In The News

In February 2013, then mayor of Tlokwe, prof. Annette Combrink declared that she would refuse to use the new official vehicle that was delivered to her. It was a customized Mercedes-Benz C350 CDI, worth R736,000.-, that the ANC ruled council had ordered in July 2012 for the previous mayor Maphetle Maphetle. Combrink represents the opposition Democratic Alliance but was elected mayor due to disagreements in the ANC led council. She declared to be quite happy to use her nine-year-old Volkswagen Passat instead, in view of the poverty in the municipality.[4] The ANC declared that they plan to unseat the mayor as soon as possible.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Ikageng6180176.6461,847Tswana
Mohadin618022.7512,079Tswana
Potchefstroom6180346.1926,723Afrikaans
Promosa618042.8810,715Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality618052,544.9116,983Afrikaans

Rivers

Dams

Politics

The municipal council consisted of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-six were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 28,48032,54461,02457.9161430
Democratic Alliance 19,71019,32639,03637.091019
FF Plus 1,5081,3742,8822.7022
COPE 9787591,7371.6101
ACDP 3191684870.5000
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 236542900.3000
Total 51,23154,225105,456100.0262652
Spoilt votes 2,3236602,983

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. South African Languages - Place names
  4. Die Burger 8 Feb 2013 (in Afrikaans)
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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