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Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality (formerly Greater Groblersdal Local Municipality) is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality is Groblersdal. Municipality is named in honour of the Elias Motsoaledi.
Elias Motsoaledi | |
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Local municipality | |
 Seal | |
 Location in Limpopo | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Sekhukhune |
| Seat | Groblersdal |
| Wards | 30 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Julia Mathebe[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,713 km2 (1,434 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 249,363 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.9% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 1.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 58.9% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 14.9% |
| • Zulu | 8.9% |
| • Tswana | 6.2% |
| • Other | 11.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM472 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakwena | 98401 | 0.35 | 682 | Northern Sotho |
| Barokgoga Bakopa | 98402 | 0.39 | 756 | Northern Sotho |
| Greater Groblersdal | 98403 | 146.78 | 2,556 | Northern Sotho |
| Groblersdal | 88402 | 6.26 | 2,480 | Afrikaans |
| Mathula | 88403 | 67.91 | 17,576 | Southern Ndebele |
| Matsepe | 98404 | 4.74 | 1,179 | Northern Sotho |
| Motetema Part 1 | 98405 | 1.09 | 3,739 | Northern Sotho |
| Motetema Part 2 | 88404 | 0.60 | 767 | Northern Sotho |
| Moutse 3 Part 1 | 98406 | 0.39 | 935 | Northern Sotho |
| Moutse 3 Part 2 | 88405 | 324.85 | 97,618 | Northern Sotho |
| Ndebele | 98407 | 220.83 | 48,914 | Northern Sotho |
| Nebo | 98408 | 142.06 | 31,888 | Northern Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | 88401 | 2,757.08 | 11,646 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty 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 forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 39,477 | 40,465 | 79,942 | 65.4 | 30 | 11 | 41 | |
| EFF | 10,136 | 10,245 | 20,381 | 16.7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,548 | 4,614 | 9,162 | 7.5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Bolsheviks Party of South Africa | 2,376 | 2,722 | 5,098 | 4.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent | 2,301 | – | 2,301 | 1.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Mpumalanga Party | 737 | 647 | 1,384 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association | 451 | 517 | 968 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Others | 1,290 | 1,719 | 3,009 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 61,316 | 60,929 | 122,245 | 100.0 | 31 | 30 | 61 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,069 | 1,335 | 2,404 | |||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "ANC replaces axed Limpopo mayors | eNCA".
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Elias Motsoaledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Elias Motsoaledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
External links
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List of municipalities in Limpopo | ||||||||||||
На других языках
- [en] Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality
[ru] Элиас Мотсоаледи (местный муниципалитет)
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