Greater Tzaneen Local 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:[4]
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-eight 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-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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
Party | Votes | Seats |
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
|
African National Congress |
69,809 | 73,699 | 143,508 | 83.7 | 32 | 27 | 59 |
|
Democratic Alliance |
6,036 | 6,382 | 12,418 | 7.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
|
Independent |
5,415 | – | 5,415 | 3.2 | 0 | – | 0 |
|
Congress of the People |
1,660 | 2,140 | 3,800 | 2.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
African People's Convention |
726 | 1,106 | 1,832 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
African Christian Democratic Party |
414 | 733 | 1,147 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
Future Democratic Party |
439 | 447 | 886 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Azanian People's Organisation |
251 | 331 | 582 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Pan Africanist Congress |
189 | 339 | 528 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Freedom Front Plus |
297 | 189 | 486 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
United Democratic Movement |
241 | 189 | 430 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
United Christian Democratic Party |
184 | 135 | 319 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Ximoko Party |
14 | 188 | 202 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total |
85,675 | 85,878 | 171,553 | 100.0 | 34 | 34 | 68 |
Spoilt votes |
1,029 | 1,266 | 2,295 |
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Coordinates: 23°50′S 30°15′E / 23.833°S 30.250°E / -23.833; 30.250