Musina Local Municipality

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Musina
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Map of Limpopo with Musina highlighted (2016).svg
Location in Limpopo
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Vhembe
Seat Musina
Wards 6[ citation needed ]
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Carol Phiri
Area
  Total
7,577 km2 (2,925 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total
68,359
  Density9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 94.0%
   Coloured 0.3%
   Indian/Asian 0.5%
   White 4.8%
First languages (2011)
[2]
   Venda 52.1%
   Sotho 9.0%
   Northern Sotho 8.2%
   Afrikaans 4.9%
  Other25.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM341

Musina Municipality (Venda : Masipalawapo wa Musina) is a local municipality within the Vhembe District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the northernmost local municipality in South Africa. It borders Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The seat is Musina.

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Sub places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following Sub Places : [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Baobab Tree Reserve 967004010 84.13189 Venda
Bergview East 967004008 0.47423Venda
Bergview West 967004009 0.4144Venda
Lost City 967004011 0.57747Venda
Mushongoville 967004001 2.543,008Venda
Musina Ext5 967004004 0.191,906Venda
Musina Mine 967004005 3.5357Venda
Musina SP 967004007 7.514,423Venda
Nancefield 967004003 5.8231,133Venda
Nancefield Ext 2 967004002 0.15674Venda
SMG Military Base 967004012 6.3573Venda

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining twelve 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 nineteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 15,19470.011216,26075.72719
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,7037.8502,1009.7822
Democratic Alliance 1,5947.3402,1019.7822
Independent candidates 2,50911.5600
Freedom Front Plus 2451.1302641.2311
5 other parties4582.1107503.4900
Total21,703100.001221,475100.001224
Valid votes21,70398.4921,47597.39
Invalid/blank votes3331.515752.61
Total votes22,036100.0022,050100.00
Registered voters/turnout45,30948.6345,30948.67

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 - adrianfrith.com
  4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Musina". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-04-20.

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