Greater Taung Local Municipality

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Greater Taung
Local municipality
Greater Taung CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Greater Taung highlighted.svg
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Seat Taung
Wards 26
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorTumisang R. Gaoraelwe
Area
 • Total5,635 km2 (2,176 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total177,642
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 98.2%
 •  Coloured 1.0%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.2%
 •  White 0.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 90.3%
 •  Xhosa 1.7%
 •  Sotho 1.5%
 •  English 1.5%
 • Other5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW394

Greater Taung Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Greater Taung) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Taung.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Batlhaping Ba Ga Maidi 61401 483.3826,424 Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Mothibi 61402 811.5030,810Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Phuduhutswana 61403 1,193.50107,870Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Phudutswana 61404 2.763,337Tswana
Boipelo 61405 3.813,568Tswana
Motsweding 61407 9.553,255Tswana
Pudimoe 61408 2.803,718Tswana
Reivilo 61409 27.2821Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 61406 3,106.083,159Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-four 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 twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 23,39256.422323,52858.03528
Economic Freedom Fighters 9,49122.8909,53223.511111
Azanian Independent Community Movement 1,6123.8901,5463.8122
Forum for Service Delivery 1,5803.8111,5633.8512
Independent candidates 2,1285.1300
Democratic Alliance 9532.3009532.3511
African Independent Congress 2650.6408462.0911
African Christian Democratic Party 3950.9503800.9411
National Freedom Party 3610.8704081.0111
Patriotic Alliance 3350.8103750.9211
4 other parties9462.2801,4163.4900
Total41,458100.002440,547100.002448
Valid votes41,45897.6340,54796.04
Invalid/blank votes1,0052.371,6713.96
Total votes42,463100.0042,218100.00
Registered voters/turnout87,19848.7087,19848.42

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The Greater Taung Local Municipality council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-four 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 twenty-eight seats.

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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Greater Taung". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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