Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality

Lepelle-Nkumpi
Local municipality

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Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Capricorn
Seat Lebowakgomo
Wards 29
Government[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Veronica Phaahla
Area
  Total 3,463 km2 (1,337 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
  Total 230,350
  Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
  Black African 99.6%
  Coloured 0.1%
  Indian/Asian 0.1%
  White 0.1%
First languages (2011)[3]
  Northern Sotho 86.9%
  Southern Ndebele 4.6%
  Tsonga 3.8%
  Other 4.7%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code LIM355

Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, is located in the Capricorn District Municipality, of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat is Lebowakgomo.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Bakgaga Ba Mphahlele 91301591.1671,646Northern Sotho
Batau Ba Seloane 9130296.246,457Northern Sotho
Ditlou Ntshong 9130385.165,334Northern Sotho
Lebowakgomo 91304183.4626,190Northern Sotho
Mafefe 91306364.6711,312Northern Soth
Mathabatha 913070.34444Northern Sotho
Mokerong 913080.791,573Northern Sotho
Ndlovu 913091.671,878Southern Ndebele
Thabamoopo 91310239.516,438Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 1 91311502.1595,107Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 2 913121.41179Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 913051,388.221,402Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-nine wards, while the remaining twenty-eight 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 forty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 35,242 36,972 72,214 79.9 28 19 47
Congress of the People 2,356 3,246 5,602 6.2 0 4 4
Independent 4,193 4,193 4.6 1 1
Democratic Alliance 1,687 1,813 3,500 3.9 0 2 2
Pan Africanist Congress 876 1,530 2,406 2.7 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 507 492 999 1.1 0 1 1
Azanian People's Organisation 320 592 912 1.0 0 1 1
United Independent Front 137 188 325 0.4 0 0 0
Black Consciousness Party 21 169 190 0.2 0 0 0
Total 45,339 45,002 90,341 100.0 29 28 57
Spoilt votes 938 1,317 2,255

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lepelle-Nkumpi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Lepelle-Nkumpi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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Coordinates: 24°15′S 29°40′E / 24.250°S 29.667°E / -24.250; 29.667

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