Maruleng Local Municipality

Maruleng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Seat	Hoedspruit
Wards	14
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Pule Mafologelo
Area
• Total	3,244 km^2 (1,253 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	94,857
• Density	29/km^2 (76/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	95.5%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	3.8%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Northern Sotho	88.2%
• Tsonga	3.9%
• Afrikaans	2.7%
• English	1.6%
• Other	3.6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	LIM335

Maruleng Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Maruleng Local Municipality is Hoedspruit.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Banereng Ba Letsoalo	92201	122.29	6,752	Northern Sotho
Banereng Ba Sekororo	92202	210.51	35,268	Northern Sotho
Hoedspruit	92203	7.17	2,052	Afrikaans
Letaba	92204	21.58	2,483	Northern Sotho
Mametja	92205	316.08	26,702	Northern Sotho
Naphuno	92207	10.36	8,188	Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	92206	2,543.64	12,929	Tsonga

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 nineteen 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	19,024	19,561	38,585	70.2	12	7	19
	Pan Africanist Congress	2,498	2,482	4,980	9.1	1	2	3
	Congress of the People	2,117	2,379	4,496	8.2	0	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	2,041	2,068	4,109	7.5	1	1	2
	African People's Convention	602	598	1,200	2.2	0	1	1
	Independent	868	–	868	1.6	0	–	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	307	321	628	1.1	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	32	35	67	0.1	0	0	0
Total		27,489	27,444	54,933	100.0	14	13	27
Spoilt votes		443	489	932

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: Maruleng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Maruleng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• Official homepage

Coordinates: 24°21′15″S 30°56′50″E / 24.35417°S 30.94722°E