Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality

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Lekwa-Teemane
Local municipality
Lekwa-Teemane CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Lekwa-Teemane highlighted.svg
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Seat Christiana
Wards 7
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorKagiso Palagangwe (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,681 km2 (1,421 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total53,248
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 81.2%
 •  Coloured 7.4%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.6%
 •  White 10.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 64.4%
 •  Afrikaans 17.8%
 •  Sotho 6.0%
 •  Xhosa 5.5%
 • Other6.3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW396

Lekwa-Teemane Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Lekwa-Teemane; Afrikaans : Lekwa-Teemane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, located in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Christiana.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bloemhof 61601 68.094,987 Afrikaans
Boitumelong 61602 3.1423,155 Tswana
Christiana 61603 59.914,862Afrikaans
Utlwanang 61605 2.3411,701Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 61604 3,572.354,366Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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 outright majority on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 5,36447.8355,33448.5227
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,59723.1612,65924.1934
Democratic Alliance 1,0219.1011,0359.4101
Freedom Front Plus 7436.6307256.5911
Forum for Service Delivery 6515.8006676.0711
Independent candidates 5264.6900
4 other parties3132.7905745.2200
Total11,215100.00710,994100.00714
Valid votes11,21598.4110,99497.85
Invalid/blank votes1811.592422.15
Total votes11,396100.0011,236100.00
Registered voters/turnout23,66548.1623,66547.48

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The Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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 no party won a majority on the council, with the African National Congress (ANC) winning the largest number of seats, seven.

The Lekwa Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen 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 its majority, winning thirteen 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
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Lekwa-Teemane". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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