Mogalakwena Local Municipality

Coordinates: 23°50′S 28°40′E / 23.833°S 28.667°E / -23.833; 28.667
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Mogalakwena
Official seal of Mogalakwena
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictWaterberg
SeatMokopane
Wards32
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAndrina Matsemela
Area
 • Total6,166 km2 (2,381 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total307,682
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African96.1%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White3.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho73.5%
 • Tsonga9.1%
 • Southern Ndebele6.6%
 • Afrikaans3.1%
 • Other7.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM367

Mogalakwena Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Mogalakwena) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Mokopane.

Main places[edit]

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Babirwa 91901 5.17 3,328 Northern Sotho
Bakenberg Langa 91902 1,223.97 101,580 Northern Sotho
Bakoni Manetji 91903 581.60 27,375 Northern Sotho
Ba-Mokopane 91904 130.49 44,026 Northern Sotho
Batlokwa 91905 96.64 8,190 Northern Sotho
Lekalakala Part 1 91906 9.24 20,394 Northern Sotho
Lekalakala Part 2 91917 2.50 1,305 Northern Sotho
Mahwelereng 91907 10.12 32,819 Northern Sotho
Matlala Dichoeneng 91909 2.34 3,265 Northern Sotho
Matlala 91908 2.48 535 Northern Sotho
Mokerong 91911 23.93 45 Northern Sotho
Nkiditlana 91912 1.30 1,202 Northern Sotho
Potgietersrus(Ga Mokopane) 91913 65.97 19,391 Afrikaans
Rebone 91914 2.60 2,579 Northern Sotho
Sekgakgapeng 91915 4.00 12,113 Northern Sotho
Tsebishi 91916 0.92 1,838 Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 91910 4,021.12 18,464 Northern Sotho

Politics[edit]

The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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-two seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress36,10763.582937,14265.131342
Economic Freedom Fighters10,89219.18111,13519.521213
Democratic Alliance4,2377.4624,1927.3535
Freedom Front Plus1,2692.2301,2842.2522
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania7011.2306511.1411
Independent candidates1,3412.3600
African People's Convention5260.9304230.7411
7 other parties1,7183.0302,2043.8600
Total56,791100.003257,031100.003264
Valid votes56,79198.2957,03198.30
Invalid/blank votes9901.719851.70
Total votes57,781100.0058,016100.00
Registered voters/turnout141,93240.71141,93240.88

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mogalakwena". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

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