Thabazimbi Local Municipality
| Thabazimbi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
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.svg.png) Location in Limpopo | ||
| Coordinates: 24°35′S 27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°ECoordinates: 24°35′S 27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Limpopo | |
| District | Waterberg | |
| Seat | Thabazimbi | |
| Wards | 12 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Patricia Moshito | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 85,234 | |
| • Density | 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 84.3% | |
| • Coloured | 0.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% | |
| • White | 14.4% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Tswana | 41.2% | |
| • Afrikaans | 15.7% | |
| • Xhosa | 12.3% | |
| • Northern Sotho | 8.0% | |
| • Other | 22.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | LIM361 | |
Thabazimbi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Waterberg District of Limpopo in South Africa. The seat of Thabazimbi Local Municipality is Thabazimbi.
Thabazimbi is an isiZulu name meaning "iron mountain". The Zulu and Nyasa speaking people worked on this mountain to mine iron.[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amandelbult | 91401 | 47.73 | 2,076 | Tswana |
| Ipeleng | 91402 | 0.02 | 940 | Tswana |
| Middeldrift | 91403 | 1.15 | 2,138 | Afrikaans |
| Mmebane | 91404 | 0.01 | 283 | Northern Sotho |
| Northam | 91405 | 47.56 | 6,180 | Tswana |
| Regorogile | 91406 | 1.11 | 7,609 | Tswana |
| Rooiberg Tin Mine | 91407 | 4.32 | 250 | Afrikaans |
| Rooikrans | 91408 | 2.69 | 153 | Tswana |
| Smersha Block | 91409 | 1.33 | 12,875 | Xhosa |
| Swartklip | 91410 | 14.18 | 2,912 | Afrikaans |
| Swartkop | 91411 | 0.56 | 103 | Afrikaans |
| Thabazimbi | 91413 | 10.76 | 4,423 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 91412 | 9,723.06 | 23,968 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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 sixteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 10,291 | 11,769 | 22,060 | 62.7 | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 3,292 | 3,693 | 6,985 | 19.9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Independent | 3,997 | – | 3,997 | 11.4 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 359 | 337 | 696 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 273 | 383 | 656 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 26 | 404 | 430 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 25 | 173 | 198 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Movement Democratic Party | 52 | 101 | 153 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 18,315 | 16,860 | 35,175 | 100.0 | 12 | 11 | 23 | |
| Spoilt votes | 519 | 1,909 | 2,428 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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