Greater Taung Local Municipality
| Greater Taung | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
| ||
.svg.png) Location in the North West | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | North West | |
| District | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | |
| Seat | Taung | |
| Wards | 26 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Gk Lobelo | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,635 km2 (2,176 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 177,642 | |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 98.2% | |
| • Coloured | 1.0% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% | |
| • White | 0.4% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Tswana | 90.3% | |
| • Xhosa | 1.7% | |
| • Sotho | 1.5% | |
| • English | 1.5% | |
| • Other | 5% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | NW394 | |
Greater Taung Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Taung.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathlaping Ba Ga Maidi | 61401 | 483.38 | 26,424 | Tswana |
| Bathlaping Ba Ga Mothibi | 61402 | 811.50 | 30,810 | Tswana |
| Bathlaping Ba Ga Phuduhutswana | 61403 | 1,193.50 | 107,870 | Tswana |
| Batlhaping Ba Ga Phudutswana | 61404 | 2.76 | 3,337 | Tswana |
| Boipelo | 61405 | 3.81 | 3,568 | Tswana |
| Motsweding | 61407 | 9.55 | 3,255 | Tswana |
| Pudimoe | 61408 | 2.80 | 3,718 | Tswana |
| Reivilo | 61409 | 27.28 | 21 | Tswana |
| Remainder of the municipality | 61406 | 3,106.08 | 3,159 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-five 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 forty-three 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 | 36,368 | 38,014 | 74,382 | 83.4 | 24 | 19 | 43 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,918 | 2,803 | 5,721 | 6.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,427 | 1,979 | 3,406 | 3.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent | 2,631 | – | 2,631 | 3.0 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1,006 | 1,034 | 2,040 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African People's Convention | 297 | 719 | 1,016 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 44,647 | 44,549 | 89,196 | 100.0 | 26 | 25 | 51 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,306 | 1,610 | 2,916 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. 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.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Taung" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Taung" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
External links
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Coordinates: 27°30′S 24°25′E / 27.500°S 24.417°E