JB Marks Local Municipality

JB Marks Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp local municipalities.[3]

JB Marks Local Municipality
Local municipality
Map of the North West with JB Marks highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatPotchefstroom
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKgotso Khumalo (ANC)
 • SpeakerElisa Mogoeemang (ANC)
Area
 • Total6,398 km2 (2,470 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total219,464
 • Density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW405

The municipality was renamed after JB Marks in 2017, following the creation of the new municipality the year before. Other name proposals included Josie Mpama.[4] Marks was born in Ventersdorp while Mpama was born in Potchefstroom.

Politics

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

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 33,42033,26966,68950.9241034
Democratic Alliance 21,00921,22242,23132.2101222
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,9274,8859,8127.5055
Freedom Front Plus 3,5863,4717,0575.4044
Independent Councillors 2,1012,0364,1373.2022
Congress of the People 215745950.5000
Independent 396-3960.3000
Pan Africanist Congress 441511950.2000
Total 65,50465,608131,112100.0343367
Spoilt votes 1,1691,3742,543

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages for the combined municipalities of Tlokwe and Ventersdorp: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.8% IsiNdebele ... [7] [8]

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References
  1. http://www.ofm.co.za/article/local-news/191169/da-to-be-watchdog-of-anc-in-north-west
  2. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tlokwe, Ventersdorp.
  3. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. News24 - New names for Potch municipality. Retrieved on 5 April 2017
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=tlokwe-city-council-municipality
  8. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=ventersdorp-municipality

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