Molemole Local Municipality

Molemole
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Capricorn
Seat	Dendron
Wards	14
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Paulinah Makgatho
Area
• Total	3,347 km^2 (1,292 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	108,321
• Density	32/km^2 (84/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	98.4%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	1.1%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Northern Sotho	87.8%
• Tsonga	2.1%
• Venda	1.9%
• Afrikaans	1.3%
• Other	6.9%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	LIM353

Molemole Local Municipality, is located in the Capricorn District Municipality, of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Molemole Local Municipality is Mogwadi.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Backer	91101	0.34	1,217	Northern Sotho
Bochum	91102	11.64	4,142	Northern Sotho
Dendron	91103	2.98	1,885	Northern Sotho
Ga-Ramokgopa	91104	11.22	15,806	Northern Sotho
Manthata	91105	12.24	22,121	Northern Sotho
Moletji	91107	11.66	4,989	Northern Sotho
Sekgosese	91108	349.99	46,749	Northern Sotho
Sekhokho	91109	1.24	1,852	Northern Sotho
Soekmekaar	91110	1.06	217	Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	91106	2,944.04	10,463	Northern Sotho

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 twenty-four 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	19,517	20,525	40,042	86.9	14	10	24
	Democratic Alliance	970	989	1,959	4.2	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	759	880	1,639	3.6	0	1	1
	Independent	1,288	–	1,288	2.8	0	–	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	406	343	749	1.6	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	132	105	237	0.5	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	22	147	169	0.4	0	0	0
Total		23,094	22,989	46,083	100.0	14	13	27
Spoilt votes		341	445	786

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

External links

• Official homepage

Coordinates: 23°30′S 29°35′E / 23.500°S 29.583°E