Maruleng Local Municipality

Maruleng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Seat	Hoedspruit
Wards	14
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thobejane M.H
Area
• Total	3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	94,857
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
•  Black African	95.5%
•  Coloured	0.3%
•  Indian/Asian	0.2%
•  White	3.8%
First languages (2011) [2]
•  Northern Sotho	89.7%
•  Tsonga	3.9%
•  Afrikaans	2.7%
•  English	1.6%
• Other	3.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	LIM335

Maruleng Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Maruleng Local Municipality is Hoedspruit.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Banereng Ba Letsoalo	92201	122.29	6,752	Northern Sotho
Banereng Ba Sekororo	92202	210.51	35,268	Northern Sotho
Hoedspruit	92203	7.17	2,052	Afrikaans
Letaba	92204	21.58	2,483	Northern Sotho
Mametja	92205	316.08	26,702	Northern Sotho
Naphuno	92207	10.36	8,188	Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	92206	2,543.64	12,929	Tsonga

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	15,537	16,362	31,899	54.7	11	4	15
	EFF	4,970	5,073	10,043	17.2	0	5	5
	Democratic Alliance	3,695	3,664	7,359	12.6	1	2	3
	Civic Warriors of Maruleng	2,819	2,810	5,629	9.7	1	2	3
	Independent	1,153	–	1,153	2.0	1	–	1
	COPE	320	288	608	1.0	0	0	0
	Others	704	877	1,581	2.7	0	0	0
Total		29,198	29,074	58,272	100.0	14	13	27
Spoilt votes		345	421	766

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. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Maruleng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Maruleng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

External links

• Official homepage

Coordinates: 24°21′15″S30°56′50″E / 24.35417°S 30.94722°E / -24.35417; 30.94722