JB Marks Local Municipality

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JB Marks Local Municipality
Local municipality
Map of the North West with Ventersdorp-Tlokwe highlighted (2016).svg
Map of the North West with JB Marks highlighted
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat Potchefstroom
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor(ANC)
Area
[2]
 • Total6,398 km2 (2,470 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [3]
 • Total212,670
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
[3]
 •  Black African 83.8%
 •  Coloured 5.1%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White African 10.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW405

JB Marks Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa JB Marks; Afrikaans : JB Marks Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Tlokwe and Ventersdorp municipalities. [4]

Contents

The municipality was renamed after JB Marks in 2017, following the creation of the new municipality the year before. Other name proposals included Josie Mpama. [5] Marks was born in Ventersdorp while Mpama was born in Potchefstroom.

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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) lost their majority on the municipal council.

The following table shows the results of the election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 24,70248.292424,20947.72933
Democratic Alliance 12,95025.31912,88725.40817
Freedom Front Plus 6,91013.5116,89013.5889
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,5558.9004,6459.1666
Patriotic Alliance 1,0682.0901,3212.6022
Independent candidates 4500.8800
4 other parties5211.0207811.5400
Total51,156100.003450,733100.003367
Valid votes51,15698.0650,73397.81
Invalid/blank votes1,0131.941,1362.19
Total votes52,169100.0051,869100.00
Registered voters/turnout113,21846.08113,21845.81

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages for the combined municipalities of Tlokwe and Ventersdorp:

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References

  1. ↑ "DA to be watchdog of ANC in North West". OFM.
  2. ↑ Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tlokwe, Ventersdorp.
  3. 1 2 "JB Marks (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Local Government Handbook" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. ↑ News24 - New names for Potch municipality. Retrieved on 5 April 2017
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ventersdorp/Tlokwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Africa, Statistics South. "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa" . Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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