Maruleng Local Municipality

Maruleng Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Maruleng Local Municipality is Hoedspruit.

Maruleng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictMopani
SeatHoedspruit
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorThobejane M.H
Area
 • Total3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total94,857
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African95.5%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White3.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho88.2%
 • Tsonga3.9%
 • Afrikaans2.7%
 • English1.6%
 • Other3.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM335

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Banereng Ba Letsoalo92201122.296,752Northern Sotho
Banereng Ba Sekororo92202210.5135,268Northern Sotho
Hoedspruit922037.172,052Afrikaans
Letaba9220421.582,483Northern Sotho
Mametja92205316.0826,702Northern Sotho
Naphuno9220710.368,188Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality922062,543.6412,929Tsonga

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 15,53716,36231,89954.711415
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,9705,07310,04317.2055
Democratic Alliance 3,6953,6647,35912.6123
Civic Warriors of Maruleng 2,8192,8105,6299.7123
Independent 1,153–1,1532.01–1
Congress of the People 3202886081.0000
Others 7048771,5812.7000
Total 29,19829,07458,272100.0141327
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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: Maruleng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Maruleng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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