Greater Giyani | |
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Coordinates: 23°25′S30°45′E / 23.417°S 30.750°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Mopani |
Seat | Giyani |
Wards | 30 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Basani Agnes Shibambu |
Area | |
• Total | 4,172 km2 (1,611 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 244,217 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.5% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tsonga | 90.8% |
• Sepedi | 3.8% |
• Sotho | 2.6% |
• Other | 2.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | LIM331 |
Greater Giyani Municipality (Tsonga : Masipala wa Greater Giyani) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Giyani.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Giyani Part 2 | 90111 | 21.53 | 32,673 | Tsonga |
Giyani Part 3 | 90112 | 0.24 | 415 | Tsonga |
Hlaneki | 90102 | 365.04 | 23,402 | Tsonga |
Mabunda | 90103 | 1.63 | 3,861 | Tsonga |
Makhuva | 90104 | 131.90 | 3,615 | Tsonga |
Modjadji | 90105 | 4.03 | 4,373 | Tsonga |
Msengi | 90106 | 87.74 | 8,279 | Tsonga |
Ndengeza | 90107 | 82.98 | 10,751 | Tsonga |
Nkuri | 90108 | 5.35 | 7,052 | Tsonga |
Nkomo | 90109 | 3.92 | 4,029 | Tsonga |
Shiviti | 90110 | 815.97 | 39,610 | Tsonga |
Remainder of the municipality (Giyani Part 1) | 90101 | 1,444.47 | 99,343 | Tsonga |
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 forty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 44,400 | 72.71 | 29 | 46,550 | 76.72 | 18 | 47 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,349 | 7.12 | 0 | 4,789 | 7.89 | 5 | 5 | |
Independent candidates | 4,713 | 7.72 | 2 | 2 | ||||
African People's Convention | 2,064 | 3.38 | 0 | 1,688 | 2.78 | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,020 | 1.67 | 0 | 1,142 | 1.88 | 1 | 1 | |
Forum for Service Delivery | 730 | 1.20 | 0 | 1,303 | 2.15 | 1 | 1 | |
Mopani Independent Movement | 1,206 | 1.98 | 0 | 793 | 1.31 | 1 | 1 | |
Patriotic Alliance | 637 | 1.04 | 0 | 624 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 | |
Ximoko Party | 212 | 0.35 | 0 | 1,005 | 1.66 | 1 | 1 | |
National Independent Party | 408 | 0.67 | 0 | 482 | 0.79 | 1 | 1 | |
13 other parties | 1,324 | 2.17 | 0 | 2,299 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 61,063 | 100.00 | 31 | 60,675 | 100.00 | 31 | 62 | |
Valid votes | 61,063 | 98.23 | 60,675 | 97.71 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,098 | 1.77 | 1,425 | 2.29 | ||||
Total votes | 62,161 | 100.00 | 62,100 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 127,782 | 48.65 | 127,782 | 48.60 |
Results of the National Assembly election of 2014 for Greater Giyani Local Municipality: [5]
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The Greater Giyani Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. The council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 47 seats.