Greater Giyani Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Greater Giyani Local Municipality is Giyani.
Greater Giyani | |
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Local municipality | |
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![]() Location in Limpopo | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Mopani |
Seat | Giyani |
Wards | 30 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Basani Agnes Shibambu |
Area | |
• Total | 4,172 km2 (1,611 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 244,217 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.5% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tsonga | 90.8% |
• Khelobedu | 3.8% |
• Sotho | 2.6% |
• Other | 2.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | LIM331 |
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Giyani Part 2 | 90111 | 21.53 | 32,673 | Tsonga |
Giyani Part 3 | 90112 | 0.24 | 415 | Tsonga |
Hlaneki | 90102 | 365.04 | 23,402 | Tsonga |
Mabunda | 90103 | 1.63 | 3,861 | Tsonga |
Makhuva | 90104 | 131.90 | 3,615 | Tsonga |
Modjadji | 90105 | 4.03 | 4,373 | Tsonga |
Msengi | 90106 | 87.74 | 8,279 | Tsonga |
Ndengeza | 90107 | 82.98 | 10,751 | Tsonga |
Nkuri | 90108 | 5.35 | 7,052 | Tsonga |
Nkomo | 90109 | 3.92 | 4,029 | Tsonga |
Shiviti | 90110 | 815.97 | 39,610 | Tsonga |
Remainder of the municipality (Giyani Part 1) | 90101 | 1,444.47 | 99,343 | Tsonga |
The municipal council consists of sixty-two 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-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 54,910 | 56,327 | 111,237 | 81.0 | 31 | 20 | 51 | |
EFF | 4,752 | 5,035 | 9,787 | 7.1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
African People's Convention | 1,832 | 1,983 | 3,815 | 2.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,838 | 1,908 | 3,746 | 2.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent | 2,622 | – | 2,622 | 1.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
National Independent Party | 1,287 | 1,112 | 2,399 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ximoko Party | 421 | 1,020 | 1,441 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ACDP | 350 | 377 | 727 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
COPE | 300 | 338 | 638 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African Freedom Salvation | 283 | 259 | 542 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UDM | 165 | 174 | 339 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 68,760 | 68,533 | 137,293 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
Spoilt votes | 1,001 | 1,236 | 2,237 |
Results of the National Assembly election of 2014 for Greater Giyani Local Municipality:[6]
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