Madibeng Local Municipality

Madibeng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Brits
Wards	41
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Douglas Tlhogokgolo Maimane
Area
• Total	3,839 km2 (1,482 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	477,381
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
•  Black African	89.3%
•  Coloured	0.9%
•  Indian/Asian	0.5%
•  White	8.9%
First languages (2011) [2]
•  Tswana	43.5%
•  Tsonga	11.0%
•  Afrikaans	9.0%
•  Northern Sotho	7.9%
• Other	28.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW372

Madibeng Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Madibeng; Tsonga : Masipala wa Madibeng) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartbeespoort is also located in the municipality.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bafokeng	60201	7.36	17,380	Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau	60202	214.97	58,055	Tswana
Bakwena Ba Magopa	60203	95.43	33,566	Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana Ba Ga Makau	60204	387.26	15,613	Tswana
Bapo Ba Ga Mogale	60205	20.53	37,311	Tswana
Borakalalo Nature Reserve	60206	73.85	48	Tswana
Brits	60207	24.80	12,383	Afrikaans
Damonsville	60208	0.59	1,680	Afrikaans
Elandsdrift	60209	0.08	255	Xhosa
Ga-Rankuwa	60210	508.02	37,533	Tswana
Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve	60211	23.99	42	Afrikaans
Hartebeesfontein New Paradise	60212	1.33	93	Afrikaans
Hartebeespoort	60213	13.27	6,329	Afrikaans
Jonathan	60214	26.87	625	Zulu
Letlhabile	60215	10.38	35,606	Tswana
Magaliesberg Nature Reserve	60217	20.80	329	Afrikaans
Maroelakop	60218	0.47	2,523	Xhosa
Mooinooi	60219	3.15	3,894	Afrikaans
Oskraal	60220	15.74	934	Tswana
Oukasie	60221	3.73	19,627	Tswana
Pelindaba	60222	20.23	156	Afrikaans
Sechaba-Sa-Ba-Taung	60223	27.53	12,306	Sotho
Sonop	60224	3.04	1,946	Afrikaans
Western Platinum Mines	60225	0.79	5,090	Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality	60216	2,310.16	34,936	Tswana

Politics

Main article: Madibeng Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eighty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty-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 forty-four seats on the council, giving it an absolute majority.

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	47,233	52.91	36	47,780	53.42	8	44
	Economic Freedom Fighters	15,176	17.00	1	15,847	17.72	13	14
	Democratic Alliance	12,928	14.48	4	12,658	14.15	8	12
	Freedom Front Plus	4,628	5.18	0	4,528	5.06	4	4
	Save Madibeng	2,971	3.33	0	3,180	3.56	3	3
	Independent candidates	1,884	2.11	0				0
	Al Jama-ah	598	0.67	0	586	0.66	1	1
	African Independent Congress	375	0.42	0	772	0.86	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	506	0.57	0	520	0.58	1	1
	United Democratic Movement	528	0.59	0	489	0.55	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	486	0.54	0	414	0.46	1	1
	16 other parties	1,956	2.19	0	2,673	2.99	0	0
Total		89,269	100.00	41	89,447	100.00	41	82
Valid votes		89,269	98.17		89,447	98.23
Invalid/blank votes		1,661	1.83		1,608	1.77
Total votes		90,930	100.00		91,055	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		222,804	40.81		222,804	40.87

Corruption

The municipality has been plagued by corruption, and has spent over R7 million on forensic investigations. In spite of senior officials being identified, no action has been taken. Irregular expenditure was up to R2.6 billion in the 2020/21 financial year.

As of 2024, the municipality owed Eskom and the City of Tshwane millions, while much of the community went without working roads, water, sanitation, electricity, housing and sewerage. ^[5]

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "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 — Madibeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
5. Masungwini, Norman. "Madibeng municipal officials pay for groceries, DStv and clothing accounts with taxpayers' money". City Press. Retrieved 24 March 2024.

External links

• Official site

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