Fetakgomo Local Municipality

Fetakgomo
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Seat	Apel
Wards	13
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Raesetse Elizabeth Sefala
Area
• Total	1,105 km^2 (427 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	93,795
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.4%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Northern Sotho	94.0%
• Zulu	1.2%
• Other	4.8%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	LIM474

Fetakgomo Local Municipality is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Fetakgomo Local Municipality is Apel. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.^[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[5]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Atok Mine	92101	2.96	395	Northern Sotho
Baroka-Ba-Nkoana	92102	479.49	37,600	Northern Sotho
Mampa	92103	14.19	645	Northern Sotho
Masha Makopele	92104	2.03	1,118	Northern Sotho
Mashabela	92105	71.49	24	Northern Sotho
Matholeng	92106	3.99	1,259	Northern Sotho
Phaahla	92107	5.04	2,463	Northern Sotho
Sekhukhuneland	92108	342.80	32,533	Northern Sotho
Seroka	92109	25.09	2,150	Northern Sotho
Tau-Nchabeleng	92110	169.03	13,902	Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 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	16,835	17,897	34,732	81.2	13	8	21
	Congress of the People	1,672	1,705	3,377	7.9	0	2	2
	Azanian People's Organisation	914	891	1,805	4.2	0	1	1
	Independent	1,176	–	1,176	2.8	0	–	0
	Democratic Alliance	486	482	968	2.3	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	281	245	526	1.2	0	0	0
	South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association	25	121	146	0.3	0	0	0
	Black Consciousness Party	11	37	48	0.1	0	0	0
Total		21,400	21,378	42,778	100.0	13	12	25
Spoilt votes		320	321	641

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Auditor-General urges South Africa’s mayors to lead the drive towards clean administration by 2014
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Fetakgomo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Fetakgomo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• Official homepage

Coordinates: 24°25′S 29°55′E / 24.417°S 29.917°E