Bela-Bela Local Municipality

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Bela-Bela
Local municipality
Bela-Bela CoA.png
Seal
Map of Limpopo with Bela-Bela highlighted.svg
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 24°55′S28°15′E / 24.917°S 28.250°E / -24.917; 28.250
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Waterberg
Seat Bela-Bela
Wards 9
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorGloria Modiegi Seleka
Area
 • Total
3,406 km2 (1,315 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
66,500
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 84.8%
 •  Coloured 1.5%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.6%
 •  White 12.9%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Northern Sotho 38.4%
 •  Tswana 16.7%
 •  Afrikaans 13.5%
 •  Tsonga 10.6%
 • Other20.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM366

Bela-Bela Municipality (Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Bela-Bela; Tswana : Mmaspala wa Bela-Bela; Afrikaans : Bela-Bela Munisipaliteit; Tsonga : Masipala wa Bela-Bela) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Bela-Bela. The municipality lies north of Hammanskraal. It is the only municipality in South Africa that straddles 4 provinces.

Contents

Bela is a Sesotho word meaning "to boil", referring to the hot water springs found in the area. [3]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Bela-Bela 981003 23.2945,001
Bela-Bela NU 981002 3,373.7313,616
Pienaarsrivier 981009 2.061,897
Rapotokwane 981007 2.172,787
Rust De Winter 981008 0.38105
Settlers 981005 1.17819
Vingerkraal 981001 1.14827
Welgegund Village 981006 1.941,448

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by a system of first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 1 November 2021, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of ten seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 8,47054.8188,73056.84210
Democratic Alliance 2,66617.2512,69117.5223
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,63310.5701,86012.1122
Freedom Front Plus 1,0997.1101,1327.3711
Better Residents Association 3932.5403632.3611
Independent candidates 6274.0600
6 other parties5663.6605823.7900
Total15,454100.00915,358100.00817
Valid votes15,45498.7315,35898.17
Invalid/blank votes1991.272871.83
Total votes15,653100.0015,645100.00
Registered voters/turnout31,26750.0631,26750.04

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Bela-Bela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
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