Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality

Lepelle-Nkumpi
Local municipality
Seal
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 km^2 (1,337 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	230,350
• Density	67/km^2 (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 (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bakgaga Ba Mphahlele	91301	591.16	71,646	Northern Sotho
Batau Ba Seloane	91302	96.24	6,457	Northern Sotho
Ditlou Ntshong	91303	85.16	5,334	Northern Sotho
Lebowakgomo	91304	183.46	26,190	Northern Sotho
Mafefe	91306	364.67	11,312	Northern Soth
Mathabatha	91307	0.34	444	Northern Sotho
Mokerong	91308	0.79	1,573	Northern Sotho
Ndlovu	91309	1.67	1,878	Southern Ndebele
Thabamoopo	91310	239.51	6,438	Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 1	91311	502.15	95,107	Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 2	91312	1.41	179	Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	91305	1,388.22	1,402	Northern 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. "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.

External links

• Official homepage

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