Thabazimbi Local Municipality

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Thabazimbi
Local municipality
Thabazimbi CoA.png
Seal
Map of Limpopo with Thabazimbi highlighted.svg
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 24°35′S27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°E / -24.583; 27.167
Country South Africa
Province Limpopo
District Waterberg
Seat Thabazimbi
Wards 12
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorTokkie Swanepoel [2] (DA)
 • SpeakerButana Thlabadira [2]
Area
 • Total11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [3]
 • Total85,234
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[3]
 •  Black African 84.3%
 •  Coloured 0.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.2%
 •  White 14.4%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Tswana 41.2%
 •  Afrikaans 15.7%
 •  Xhosa 12.3%
 •  Northern Sotho 8.0%
 • Other22.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM361

Thabazimbi Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Thabazimbi; Afrikaans : Thabazimbi Munisipaliteit; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Thabazimbi) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Thabazimbi.

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Thabazimbi is a Sotho–Nguni name meaning "iron ore mountain". The early Bantu communities (Sotho, Venda, Kalanga, Nguni and Nyasa) worked on this mountain to mine iron. [4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amandelbult 91401 47.732,076 Tswana
Ipeleng 91402 0.02940Tswana
Middeldrift 91403 1.152,138 Afrikaans
Mmebane 91404 0.01283 Northern Sotho
Northam 91405 47.566,180Tswana
Regorogile 91406 1.117,609Tswana
Rooiberg Tin Mine 91407 4.32250Afrikaans
Rooikrans 91408 2.69153Tswana
Smersha Block 91409 1.3312,875 Xhosa
Swartklip 91410 14.182,912Afrikaans
Swartkop 91411 0.56103Afrikaans
Thabazimbi 91413 10.764,423Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 91412 9,723.0623,968Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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) lost its majority on the council. Midah Moselane of the Thabazimbi Residents Association subsequently was elected mayor with support from the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+).

The following table shows the results of the election. [6] [7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 10,21010,15120,36145.38210
Democratic Alliance 4,9825,0029,98422.2235
EFF 4,4694,6299,09820.2235
Thabazimbi Residents Association1,8911,8783,7698.4022
FF Plus 6305831,2132.7011
UDM 2573424991.1000
Independent 25-250.1000
Total22,46422,48544,949100.0121123
Spoilt votes456459915

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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. 1 2 "DA's Tokkie Swanepoel elected as the Mayor of the Thabazimbi Municipality".
  3. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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