Thabazimbi | |
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Coordinates: 24°35′S27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Waterberg |
Seat | Thabazimbi |
Wards | 12 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Tokkie Swanepoel [2] (DA) |
• Speaker | Butana Thlabadira [2] |
Area | |
• Total | 11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi) |
Population (2022) [3] | |
• Total | 65,047 |
• Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2022) | |
• Black African | 76.2% |
• Coloured | 0.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 22.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 41.2% |
• Afrikaans | 15.7% |
• Xhosa | 12.3% |
• Northern Sotho | 8.0% |
• Other | 22.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | LIM361 |
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.
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. [5]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [6]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Amandelbult | 91401 | 47.73 | 2,076 | Tswana |
Ipeleng | 91402 | 0.02 | 940 | Tswana |
Middeldrift | 91403 | 1.15 | 2,138 | Afrikaans |
Mmebane | 91404 | 0.01 | 283 | Northern Sotho |
Northam | 91405 | 47.56 | 6,180 | Tswana |
Regorogile | 91406 | 1.11 | 7,609 | Tswana |
Rooiberg Tin Mine | 91407 | 4.32 | 250 | Afrikaans |
Rooikrans | 91408 | 2.69 | 153 | Tswana |
Smersha Block | 91409 | 1.33 | 12,875 | Xhosa |
Swartklip | 91410 | 14.18 | 2,912 | Afrikaans |
Swartkop | 91411 | 0.56 | 103 | Afrikaans |
Thabazimbi | 91413 | 10.76 | 4,423 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 91412 | 9,723.06 | 23,968 | Tswana |
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. [7] [8]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 10,210 | 10,151 | 20,361 | 45.3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
DA | 4,982 | 5,002 | 9,984 | 22.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
EFF | 4,469 | 4,629 | 9,098 | 20.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Thabazimbi Residents Association | 1,891 | 1,878 | 3,769 | 8.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
VF+ | 630 | 583 | 1,213 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
UDM | 257 | 342 | 499 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 25 | - | 25 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 22,464 | 22,485 | 44,949 | 100.0 | 12 | 11 | 23 | |
Spoilt votes | 456 | 459 | 915 |
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