Fetakgomo Local Municipality

Fetakgomo Local Municipality was located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Fetakgomo Local Municipality was Apel. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.[4]

Fetakgomo
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictSekhukhune
SeatApel
Wards13
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRaesetse Elizabeth Sefala
Area
 • Total1,105 km2 (427 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total93,795
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.4%
 • Coloured0.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho94.0%
 • Zulu1.2%
 • Other4.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM474

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Atok Mine921012.96395Northern Sotho
Baroka-Ba-Nkoana92102479.4937,600Northern Sotho
Mampa9210314.19645Northern Sotho
Masha Makopele921042.031,118Northern Sotho
Mashabela9210571.4924Northern Sotho
Matholeng921063.991,259Northern Sotho
Phaahla921075.042,463Northern Sotho
Sekhukhuneland92108342.8032,533Northern Sotho
Seroka9210925.092,150Northern Sotho
Tau-Nchabeleng92110169.0313,902Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 18 May 2011, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 16,83517,89734,73281.213821
Congress of the People 1,6721,7053,3777.9022
Azanian People's Organisation 9148911,8054.2011
Independent 1,176–1,1762.80–0
Democratic Alliance 4864829682.3011
Pan Africanist Congress 2812455261.2000
South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association 251211460.3000
Black Consciousness Party 1137480.1000
Total 21,40021,37842,778100.0131225
Spoilt votes 320321641
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References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. Auditor-General urges South Africa’s mayors to lead the drive towards clean administration by 2014 Archived February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Fetakgomo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Fetakgomo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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