Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Tzaneen.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[1]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakgaga Ba Maake | 90301 | 14.37 | 12,651 | Northern Sotho |
| Bakgage | 90302 | 14.54 | 14,923 | Northern Sotho |
| Bankuna | 90303 | 448.79 | 151,014 | Tsonga |
| Batlhabine Ba Magoboya | 90304 | 65.26 | 17,883 | Northern Sotho |
| Dwarsfontein | 90305 | 0.45 | 983 | Northern Sotho |
| Haenertsburg | 90307 | 1.04 | 481 | English |
| Letsitele | 90308 | 1.16 | 310 | Afrikaans |
| Modjadji | 90309 | 315.69 | 84,386 | Northern Sotho |
| Nwa' Mitwa | 90310 | 165.78 | 36,344 | Tsonga |
| Nyavana | 90311 | 44.36 | 8,783 | Tsonga |
| Tzaneen | 90312 | 18.80 | 6,959 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 90306 | 2,149.54 | 40,856 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[2][3]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #046D2A;" data-sort-value="African People's Convention" | 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: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Tzaneen Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008718;" data-sort-value="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFB300;" data-sort-value="United Democratic Movement" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" || Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 70,135 | 71,135 | 141,270 | 75.2 | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| EFF | 10,717 | 11,222 | 21,939 | 11.7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| DA | 8,520 | 8,672 | 17,192 | 9.2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| APC | 1,017 | 1,078 | 2,095 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1,616 | – | 1,616 | 0.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| COPE | 731 | 707 | 1,438 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| VF+ | 443 | 403 | 846 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 165 | 418 | 583 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tzaneen Freedom Party | 147 | 206 | 353 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAC | 105 | 192 | 297 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UDM | 48 | 88 | 136 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IFP | 18 | 66 | 84 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 93,662 | 94,187 | 187,849 | 100.0 | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,162 | 1,288 | 2,450 | |||||
References
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
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