Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality

Dr JS Moroka
Local municipality

Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Nkangala
Seat Siyabuswa
Wards 31
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Grace Tinny Mthimunye
Area
 • Total 1,416 km2 (547 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 249,705
 • Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 99.4%
 • Coloured 0.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.3%
 • White 0.1%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Southern Ndebele 36.2%
 • Northern Sotho 30.7%
 • Tswana 17.3%
 • Tsonga 5.0%
 • Other 10.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP316

Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality is Siyabuswa.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Dr JS Moroka 81301186.37185Northern Sotho
Kameelpoort 813020.931,639Northern Sotho
Mbibana 8130316.736,098Northern Sotho
Mdutjana 81304260.4484,756Southern Ndebele
Moretele 81305915.02112,330Tswana
Moutse 2 813064.400 -
Siyabuswa 8130713.5626,273Southern Ndebele
Toitskraal 813080.47207Southern Ndebele
Vaalbank 813093.8511,818Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-two seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 47,725 50,159 97,884 80.3 31 21 52
Democratic Alliance 4,247 4,307 8,554 7.0 0 4 4
Independent 4,335 – 4,335 3.6 0 – 0
National Freedom Party 1,211 1,076 2,287 1.9 0 1 1
Ikusasa Lesizwe Independent Movement 443 1,319 1,762 1.4 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress 889 762 1,651 1.3 0 1 1
Congress of the People 639 909 1,548 1.3 0 1 1
Sindawonye Progressive Party 583 810 1,393 1.1 0 1 1
African People's Convention 428 869 1,297 1.1 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 423 403 826 0.7 0 0 0
Movement Democratic Party 245 116 361 0.3 0 0 0
Total 61,168 60,730 121,898 100.0 31 31 62
Spoilt votes 1,195 1,911 3,106

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Dr JS Moroka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Dr JS Moroka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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Coordinates: 25°5′S 28°50′E / 25.083°S 28.833°E / -25.083; 28.833

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