Tsantsabane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Tsantsabane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 22°30′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	ZF Mgcawu
Seat	Postmasburg
Wards	7
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mpho Mashila (African National Congress)
Area
• Total	18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	35,093
• Density	1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	52.8%
• Coloured	37.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	8.4%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Afrikaans	55.2%
• Tswana	33.2%
• Xhosa	2.4%
• English	2.3%
• Other	6.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC085

Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones (e.g. the hematite).[4]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

References

External links

• Official website