Local Municipality of Madibeng

The Local Municipality of Madibeng is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartebeespoort is also located in the municipality.

Madibeng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
SeatBrits
Wards41
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJostine Mothibe
Area
 • Total3,839 km2 (1,482 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total477,381
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African89.3%
 • Coloured0.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White8.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana43.5%
 • Tsonga11.0%
 • Afrikaans9.0%
 • Northern Sotho7.9%
 • Other28.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW372

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bafokeng602017.3617,380Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau60202214.9758,055Tswana
Bakwena Ba Magopa6020395.4333,566Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana Ba Ga Makau60204387.2615,613Tswana
Bapo Ba Ga Mogale6020520.5337,311Tswana
Borakalalo Nature Reserve6020673.8548Tswana
Brits6020724.8012,383Afrikaans
Damonsville602080.591,680Afrikaans
Elandsdrift602090.08255Xhosa
Ga-Rankuwa60210508.0237,533Tswana
Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve6021123.9942Afrikaans
Hartebeesfontein New Paradise602121.3393Afrikaans
Hartebeespoort6021313.276,329Afrikaans
Jonathan6021426.87625Zulu
Lethlabile6021510.3835,606Tswana
Magaliesberg Nature Reserve6021720.80329Afrikaans
Maroelakop602180.472,523Xhosa
Mooinooi602193.153,894Afrikaans
Oskraal6022015.74934Tswana
Oukasie602213.7319,627Tswana
Pelindaba6022220.23156Afrikaans
Sechaba-Sa-Ba-Taung6022327.5312,306Sotho
Sonop602243.041,946Afrikaans
Western Platinum Mines602250.795,090Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality602162,310.1634,936Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty 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-five seats on the council.

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

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 63,67662,254125,93054.4341145
Democratic Alliance 22,82022,63445,45419.661016
Economic Freedom Fighters 20,14319,89940,04217.311314
Forum 4 Service Delivery 2,9583,1276,0852.6022
Freedom Front Plus 1,8671,9583,8251.7022
African Independent Congress 6742,6063,2801.4011
Independent 1,738–1,7380.80–0
Congress of the People 4164698850.4011
Others 1,6942,5714,2651.8000
Total 115,986115,518231,504100.0414081
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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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Madibeng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Madibeng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

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