Molemole Local Municipality

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Molemole
Local municipality
Molemole CoA.png
Seal
Map of Limpopo with Molemole highlighted.svg
Location in Limpopo
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Capricorn
Seat Dendron
Wards 16
Government
[1] [2]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorE Paya
Area
 • Total3,347 km2 (1,292 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [3]
 • Total108,321
 • Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[3]
 •  Black African 98.4%
 •  Coloured 0.1%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 1.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Northern Sotho 87.8%
 •  Tsonga 2.1%
 •  Venda 1.9%
 •  Afrikaans 1.3%
 • Other6.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM353

Molemole Municipality (Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Molemole) is a local municipality within the Capricorn District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Mogwadi.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Backer 91101 0.341,217 Northern Sotho
Bochum 91102 11.644,142Northern Sotho
Dendron 91103 2.981,885Northern Sotho
Ga-Ramokgopa 91104 11.2215,806Northern Sotho
Manthata 91105 12.2422,121Northern Sotho
Moletji 91107 11.664,989Northern Sotho
Sekgosese 91108 349.9946,749Northern Sotho
Sekhokho 91109 1.241,852Northern Sotho
Soekmekaar 91110 1.06217Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 91106 2,944.0410,463Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Sixteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in sixteen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 a majority of twenty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 17,98566.241518,90770.16722
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,23015.5804,53516.8366
Capricorn Independent Community Activists Forum 1,5895.8519943.6912
Democratic Alliance 8683.2007722.8611
Independent candidates 1,1224.1300
Civic Warriors 2911.0704551.6911
11 other parties1,0683.9301,2854.7700
Total27,153100.001626,948100.001632
Valid votes27,15398.6026,94898.23
Invalid/blank votes3851.404851.77
Total votes27,538100.0027,433100.00
Registered voters/turnout59,54846.2559,54846.07

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Molemole Municipality". www.molemole.gov.za. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  3. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Molemole". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-07-26.

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