Greater Giyani Local Municipality
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Greater Giyani | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in Limpopo | |
| Coordinates: 23°25′S 30°45′E / 23.417°S 30.750°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Mopani |
| Seat | Giyani |
| Wards | 30 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,172 km2 (1,611 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 244,217 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tsonga | 90.8% |
| • Sepedi | 3.8% |
| • Sotho | 2.6% |
| • Other | 2.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM331 |
Greater Giyani Municipality (Tsonga: Masipala wa Greater Giyani) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Giyani.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giyani Part 2 | 90111 | 21.53 | 32,673 | Tsonga |
| Giyani Part 3 | 90112 | 0.24 | 415 | Tsonga |
| Hlaneki | 90102 | 365.04 | 23,402 | Tsonga |
| Mabunda | 90103 | 1.63 | 3,861 | Tsonga |
| Makhuva | 90104 | 131.90 | 3,615 | Tsonga |
| Modjadji | 90105 | 4.03 | 4,373 | Tsonga |
| Msengi | 90106 | 87.74 | 8,279 | Tsonga |
| Ndengeza | 90107 | 82.98 | 10,751 | Tsonga |
| Nkuri | 90108 | 5.35 | 7,052 | Tsonga |
| Nkomo | 90109 | 3.92 | 4,029 | Tsonga |
| Shiviti | 90110 | 815.97 | 39,610 | Tsonga |
| Remainder of the municipality (Giyani Part 1) | 90101 | 1,444.47 | 99,343 | Tsonga |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 44,400 | 72.71 | 29 | 46,550 | 76.72 | 18 | 47 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,349 | 7.12 | 0 | 4,789 | 7.89 | 5 | 5 | |
| Independent candidates | 4,713 | 7.72 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| African People's Convention | 2,064 | 3.38 | 0 | 1,688 | 2.78 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,020 | 1.67 | 0 | 1,142 | 1.88 | 1 | 1 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 730 | 1.20 | 0 | 1,303 | 2.15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mopani Independent Movement | 1,206 | 1.98 | 0 | 793 | 1.31 | 1 | 1 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 637 | 1.04 | 0 | 624 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ximoko Party | 212 | 0.35 | 0 | 1,005 | 1.66 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Independent Party | 408 | 0.67 | 0 | 482 | 0.79 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 other parties | 1,324 | 2.17 | 0 | 2,299 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 61,063 | 100.00 | 31 | 60,675 | 100.00 | 31 | 62 | |
| Valid votes | 61,063 | 98.23 | 60,675 | 97.71 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,098 | 1.77 | 1,425 | 2.29 | ||||
| Total votes | 62,161 | 100.00 | 62,100 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 127,782 | 48.65 | 127,782 | 48.60 | ||||
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