Joe Morolong Local Municipality
| Joe Morolong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
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.svg.png) Location in the Northern Cape | ||
| Coordinates: 27°S 23°E / 27°S 23°ECoordinates: 27°S 23°E / 27°S 23°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Northern Cape | |
| District | John Taolo Gaetsewe | |
| Seat | Mothibistad | |
| Wards | 15 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Tifo Loveras Seikaneng | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 20,172 km2 (7,788 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 89,530 | |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 96.4% | |
| • Coloured | 2.0% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 1.2% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Tswana | 90.7% | |
| • Afrikaans | 3.6% | |
| • English | 1.9% | |
| • Other | 3.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | NC451 | |
Joe Morolong Local Municipality (formerly Moshaweng Local Municipality) is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.
Moshaweng is a Setswana name for "place of sand".[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batlhaping Ba Ga Jantjie | 62101 | 0.73 | 48 | Tswana |
| Batlhaping Ba Ga Sehunelo | 62102 | 737.16 | 3,305 | Tswana |
| Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware | 62103 | 2,647.09 | 27,063 | Tswana |
| Batlharo Ba Ga Phadima | 62104 | 451.26 | 6,531 | Tswana |
| Batlharo Ba Lotlhware | 62105 | 169.22 | 1,050 | Tswana |
| Blackrock | 39501 | 17.11 | 1,002 | Afrikaans |
| Hotazel | 39502 | 29.92 | 1,232 | Tswana |
| Kalahari | 39503 | 10,651.43 | 3,166 | Tswana |
| Kudumane | 62106 | 2,024.22 | 46,111 | Tswana |
| Van Zylsrus | 39504 | 0.90 | 848 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 twenty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 19,418 | 19,712 | 39,130 | 70.7 | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,311 | 5,682 | 10,993 | 19.9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 991 | 944 | 1,935 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 652 | 703 | 1,355 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 456 | 642 | 1,098 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 816 | – | 816 | 1.5 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 27,644 | 27,683 | 55,327 | 100.0 | 15 | 14 | 29 | |
| Spoilt votes | 735 | 707 | 1,442 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Joe Morolong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Joe Morolong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
External links
Municipalities of the Northern Cape | ||
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| Namakwa District | .svg.png) | |
| Pixley ka Seme District | ||
| ZF Mgcawu District | ||
| Frances Baard District | ||
| John Taolo Gaetsewe District | ||