Magareng Local Municipality
Local municipality in Northern Cape, South Africa
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Magareng Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Magareng; Afrikaans: Magareng Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Magareng | |
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.svg) Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 28°10′S 24°50′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Frances Baard |
| Seat | Warrenton |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Neo Mase |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,542 km2 (595 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 26,816 |
| • Density | 17.39/km2 (45.04/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 74.3% |
| • Coloured | 14.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
| • White | 10.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 67.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 21.2% |
| • Xhosa | 3.6% |
| • Sotho | 2.2% |
| • Other | 5.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC093 |
Magareng is a Setswana name meaning "in the middle". The name reflects the geographic location of the municipality in relation to other areas.[4]
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Politics
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Magareng local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
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| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 2,989 | 3,146 | 6,135 | 50.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,064 | 1,400 | 2,464 | 20.2% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 756 | 859 | 1,615 | 13.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 378 | 477 | 855 | 7.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 716 | – | 716 | 5.9% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 159 | 160 | 319 | 2.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 36 | 46 | 82 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6,098 | 6,088 | 12,186 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 6,098 | 6,088 | 12,186 | 98.2% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 106 | 122 | 228 | 1.8% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 6,204 | 6,210 | 12,414 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 6,213 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 11,644 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 53.4% | |||||||