Joe Morolong Local Municipality

Joe Morolong
Local municipality
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Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°S 23°E / 27°S 23°ECoordinates: 27°S 23°E / 27°S 23°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Seat	Mothibistad
Wards	15
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Tifo Loveras Seikaneng
Area
• Total	20,172 km^2 (7,788 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	89,530
• Density	4.4/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	96.4%
• Coloured	2.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	1.2%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Tswana	90.7%
• Afrikaans	3.6%
• English	1.9%
• Other	3.8%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	NC451

Joe Morolong Local Municipality (formerly Moshaweng Local Municipality) is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Moshaweng is a Setswana name for "place of sand".^[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Batlhaping Ba Ga Jantjie	62101	0.73	48	Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Sehunelo	62102	737.16	3,305	Tswana
Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware	62103	2,647.09	27,063	Tswana
Batlharo Ba Ga Phadima	62104	451.26	6,531	Tswana
Batlharo Ba Lotlhware	62105	169.22	1,050	Tswana
Blackrock	39501	17.11	1,002	Afrikaans
Hotazel	39502	29.92	1,232	Tswana
Kalahari	39503	10,651.43	3,166	Tswana
Kudumane	62106	2,024.22	46,111	Tswana
Van Zylsrus	39504	0.90	848	Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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-three 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	20,841	21,798	42,639	78.2	15	8	23
	Congress of the People	2,212	2,157	4,369	8.0	0	3	3
	United Christian Democratic Party	1,600	1,586	3,186	5.8	0	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,138	1,316	2,454	4.5	0	1	1
	Independent	1,400	–	1,400	2.6	0	–	0
	African People's Convention	207	304	511	0.9	0	0	0
Total		27,398	27,161	54,559	100.0	15	14	29
Spoilt votes		1,004	1,157	2,161

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. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Joe Morolong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Joe Morolong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• Official website