Madibeng Local Municipality

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Madibeng
Local municipality
Madibeng CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Madibeng highlighted.svg
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Bojanala Platinum
Seat Brits
Wards 41
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorDouglas Tlhogokgolo Maimane
Area
 • Total
3,839 km2 (1,482 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
477,381
 • Density120/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%
 • Other28.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW372

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.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bafokeng 60201 7.3617,380 Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau 60202 214.9758,055Tswana
Bakwena Ba Magopa 60203 95.4333,566Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana Ba Ga Makau 60204 387.2615,613Tswana
Bapo Ba Ga Mogale 60205 20.5337,311Tswana
Borakalalo Nature Reserve 60206 73.8548Tswana
Brits 60207 24.8012,383 Afrikaans
Damonsville 60208 0.591,680Afrikaans
Elandsdrift 60209 0.08255 Xhosa
Ga-Rankuwa 60210 508.0237,533Tswana
Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve 60211 23.9942Afrikaans
Hartebeesfontein New Paradise 60212 1.3393Afrikaans
Hartebeespoort 60213 13.276,329Afrikaans
Jonathan 60214 26.87625 Zulu
Letlhabile 60215 10.3835,606Tswana
Magaliesberg Nature Reserve 60217 20.80329Afrikaans
Maroelakop 60218 0.472,523Xhosa
Mooinooi 60219 3.153,894Afrikaans
Oskraal 60220 15.74934Tswana
Oukasie 60221 3.7319,627Tswana
Pelindaba 60222 20.23156Afrikaans
Sechaba-Sa-Ba-Taung 60223 27.5312,306 Sotho
Sonop 60224 3.041,946Afrikaans
Western Platinum Mines 60225 0.795,090Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 60216 2,310.1634,936Tswana

Politics

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]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 47,23352.913647,78053.42844
Economic Freedom Fighters 15,17617.00115,84717.721314
Democratic Alliance 12,92814.48412,65814.15812
Freedom Front Plus 4,6285.1804,5285.0644
Save Madibeng 2,9713.3303,1803.5633
Independent candidates 1,8842.1100
Al Jama-ah 5980.6705860.6611
African Independent Congress 3750.4207720.8611
Forum for Service Delivery 5060.5705200.5811
United Democratic Movement 5280.5904890.5511
African Christian Democratic Party 4860.5404140.4611
16 other parties1,9562.1902,6732.9900
Total89,269100.004189,447100.004182
Valid votes89,26998.1789,44798.23
Invalid/blank votes1,6611.831,6081.77
Total votes90,930100.0091,055100.00
Registered voters/turnout222,80440.81222,80440.87

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. 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 — 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.

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