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Local municipality in Limpopo, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greater Letaba Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Greater Letaba; Tsonga: Masipala wa Greater Letaba) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Modjadjiskloof.
Greater Letaba | |
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![]() Location in Limpopo | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Mopani |
Seat | Modjadjiskloof |
Wards | 30 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Dagma Mamanyoha |
Area | |
• Total | 1,891 km2 (730 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 212,701 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.8% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 80.4% |
• Tsonga | 12.6% |
• Sotho | 1.7% |
• Other | 5.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | LIM332 |
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Modjadjiskloof | 90201 | 3.53 | 1,347 | Afrikaans |
Mamaila | 90203 | 247.85 | 39,507 | Northern Sotho |
Modjadji | 90204 | 723.88 | 126,504 | Northern Sotho |
Pheeha | 90205 | 26.04 | 5,999 | Northern Sotho |
Sekgopo | 90206 | 31.75 | 18,517 | Northern Sotho |
Vuyani | 90207 | 77.95 | 9,595 | Tsonga |
Remainder of the municipality | 90202 | 782.40 | 18,657 | Tsonga |
The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining thirty 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 42,671 | 43,064 | 85,735 | 75.6 | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
EFF | 8,680 | 8,860 | 17,540 | 15.5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
COPE | 1,545 | 1,710 | 3,255 | 2.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
DA | 1,561 | 1,590 | 3,151 | 2.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Limpopo Residents Association | 634 | 606 | 1,240 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 913 | – | 913 | 0.8 | 0 | – | 0 | |
ACDP | 212 | 236 | 448 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UDM | 158 | 187 | 345 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ximoko Party | 142 | 157 | 299 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
VF+ | 139 | 153 | 292 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PAC | 86 | 114 | 200 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 56,741 | 56,677 | 113,418 | 100.0 | 30 | 30 | 60 | |
Spoilt votes | 662 | 791 | 1,453 |
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