Greater Tubatse Local Municipality
Local municipality in Limpopo, South Africa
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Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. In 2016, 3 August, it was merged with the Fetakgomo Local Municipality to form the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality.[4]
Fetakgomo Tubatse | |
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Seal | |
 Location in Limpopo | |
| Coordinates: 24°40′S 30°20′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Sekhukhune |
| Seat | Burgersfort |
| Wards | 31 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Ralepane Mammekwa[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,602 km2 (1,777 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 335,676 |
| • Density | 72.94/km2 (188.9/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 1.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 88.1% |
| • Swazi | 2.6% |
| • Zulu | 1.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.5% |
| • Other | 6.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM475 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babina Naare Ba Kgoete | 98501 | 323.41 | 354 | Northern Sotho |
| Badimong | 88501 | 181.27 | 10,653 | Northern Sotho |
| Burgersfort | 88502 | 23.67 | 1,578 | Northern Sotho |
| Doornbosch Mine | 88503 | 0.27 | 406 | Swazi |
| Lavino Chrome Mine | 88505 | 1.05 | 87 | Afrikaans |
| Magnetite Mine | 88506 | 1.66 | 30 | Northern Sotho |
| Marota | 98502 | 61.47 | 0 | - |
| Matlala a Dinkwanyane | 98503 | 44.07 | 24 | Northern Sotho |
| Monganeng | 88507 | 95.74 | 1,048 | Northern Sotho |
| Montrose Mine | 88508 | 1.12 | 225 | Afrikaans |
| Motodi | 98504 | 0.56 | 467 | Northern Sotho |
| Naphuno | 98505 | 46.42 | 0 | - |
| Ohrigstad | 88509 | 8.76 | 202 | Northern Sotho |
| Penge | 98506 | 6.52 | 1,257 | Northern Sotho |
| SD | 98507 | 871.71 | 87,790 | Northern Sotho |
| Sealane | 98508 | 4.06 | 939 | Northern Sotho |
| Sekhukhuneland | 98509 | 891.98 | 142,126 | Northern Sotho |
| Soe | 88510 | 59.23 | 13,931 | Northern Sotho |
| Steelpoort | 88511 | 8.83 | 1,101 | Northern Sotho |
| Winterveld Mine | 88512 | 1.35 | 1,076 | Northern Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | 88504 | 1,954.82 | 6,855 | Northern Sotho |
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 18 May 2011, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 41,389 | 45,052 | 86,441 | 77.8 | 29 | 21 | 50 | |
| Independent | 6,308 | – | 6,308 | 5.7 | 2 | – | 2 | |
| DA | 2,859 | 2,949 | 5,808 | 5.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| COPE | 2,464 | 3,154 | 5,618 | 5.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| PAC | 1,783 | 1,779 | 3,562 | 3.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| APC | 612 | 693 | 1,305 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| UDM | 231 | 772 | 1,003 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| AZAPO | 317 | 563 | 880 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association | 19 | 107 | 126 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 55,982 | 55,069 | 111,051 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,175 | 2,186 | 3,361 | |||||