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Revision as of 02:45, 30 October 2016
Template:Infobox South African municipality Bela-Bela Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Bela-Bela Local Municipality is Bela-Bela.
"Bela" is a Sesotho word meaning "to boil", referring to the hot water springs found in the area.[1]
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bela-Bela | 981003 | 23.29 | 45,001 |
| Bela-Bela NU | 981002 | 3,373.73 | 13,616 |
| Pienaarsrivier | 981009 | 2.06 | 1,897 |
| Rapotokwane | 981007 | 2.17 | 2,787 |
| Rust De Winter | 981008 | 0.38 | 105 |
| Settlers | 981005 | 1.17 | 819 |
| Vingerkraal | 981001 | 1.14 | 827 |
| Welgegund Village | 981006 | 1.94 | 1,448 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 twelve seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008718;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 10,610 | 11,816 | 22,426 | 69.4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| DA | 3,668 | 3,759 | 7,427 | 23.0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Independent | 1,941 | – | 1,941 | 6.0 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| COPE | 185 | – | 185 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| PAC | 51 | 130 | 181 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 81 | 82 | 163 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,536 | 15,787 | 32,323 | 100.0 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Spoilt votes | 331 | 823 | 1,154 | |||||
References
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Bela-Bela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Bela-Bela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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