Lephalale Local Municipality

Lephalale
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Seat	Lephalale
Wards	12
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Johanna Mojela
Area
• Total	13,784 km^2 (5,322 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	115,767
• Density	8.4/km^2 (22/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	90.7%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	7.9%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Northern Sotho	51.7%
• Tswana	24.1%
• Afrikaans	8.1%
• English	3.1%
• Other	13%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	LIM362

Lephalale Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Lephalale Local Municipality is Lephalale.

Politics

In the 2004 South African general election, the ANC won with an overwhelming majority of 88% (with 27,299 votes), while the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Freedom Front Plus (FF+, Afrikaans: VF+) only received 7% and 2% respectively.

In the 2009 South African general election, the ANC's support fell to 82.0% (24,451 votes), while the DA increased their vote percentage to 8.5% (2,521 votes) and COPE, a newly formed party, gained 5.7% (1,697 votes) of the vote. The Freedom Front Plus, the now 4th largest part, lost some support to 1.61% (480 votes), albeit only 17 less votes.^[4]

In the most recent 2014 South African general election, the ANC once again won overwhelmingly but again lost support, this time earning 73.8%. Much of its losses went to the new Economic Freedom Fighters which gained 10.9% and a third place. DA remained in second position and increased their support to 11.3%. COPE lost almost all it's support and gained only 0.7%.

Local elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve 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 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	18,156	18,399	36,555	82.2	11	9	20
	Democratic Alliance	2,854	2,781	5,635	12.7	1	2	3
	Congress of the People	830	774	1,604	3.6	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	156	121	277	0.6	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	106	156	262	0.6	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	92	42	134	0.3	0	0	0
Total		22,194	22,273	44,467	100.0	12	12	24
Spoilt votes		312	237	549

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[7]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bakenberg	91501	260.83	13,603	Northern Sotho
Ellisras (renamed Lephalale in 2002)	91502	3.22	1,572	Afrikaans
Kwarriehoek	91503	1.76	0	-
Marapong	91505	3.21	5,636	Northern Sotho
Onverwacht	91506	8.10	7,862	Afrikaans
Potgietersrus	91507	23.85	69	Northern Sotho
Seleka	91508	335.67	21,868	Tswana
Shongoane	91509	67.92	13,172	Northern Sotho
St Catherina	91510	1.79	939	Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	91504	18,898.84	31,392	Northern Sotho

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. elections.org.za
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lephalale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Lephalale" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
7. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa

External links

• Official homepage

Coordinates: 23°30′S 27°55′E / 23.500°S 27.917°E