Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality

Greater Tzaneen
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Seat	Tzaneen
Wards	34
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Dikeledi Mmetle
Area
• Total	3,243 km^2 (1,252 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	390,095
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	96.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	3.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Northern Sotho	46.2%
• Tsonga	40.9%
• Sotho	4.3%
• Afrikaans	2.6%
• Other	6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	LIM333

Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Tzaneen.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bakgaga Ba Maake	90301	14.37	12,651	Northern Sotho
Bakgage	90302	14.54	14,923	Northern Sotho
Bankuna	90303	448.79	151,014	Tsonga
Batlhabine Ba Magoboya	90304	65.26	17,883	Northern Sotho
Dwarsfontein	90305	0.45	983	Northern Sotho
Haenertsburg	90307	1.04	481	English
Letsitele	90308	1.16	310	Afrikaans
Modjadji	90309	315.69	84,386	Northern Sotho
Nwa' Mitwa	90310	165.78	36,344	Tsonga
Nyavana	90311	44.36	8,783	Tsonga
Tzaneen	90312	18.80	6,959	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	90306	2,149.54	40,856	Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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-nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	69,809	73,699	143,508	83.7	32	27	59
	Democratic Alliance	6,036	6,382	12,418	7.2	2	3	5
	Independent	5,415	–	5,415	3.2	0	–	0
	Congress of the People	1,660	2,140	3,800	2.2	0	2	2
	African People's Convention	726	1,106	1,832	1.1	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	414	733	1,147	0.7	0	1	1
	Future Democratic Party	439	447	886	0.5	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	251	331	582	0.3	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	189	339	528	0.3	0	0	0
	Freedom Front Plus	297	189	486	0.3	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	241	189	430	0.3	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	184	135	319	0.2	0	0	0
	Ximoko Party	14	188	202	0.1	0	0	0
Total		85,675	85,878	171,553	100.0	34	34	68
Spoilt votes		1,029	1,266	2,295

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
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: Greater Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Tzaneen" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• Official homepage

Coordinates: 23°50′S 30°15′E / 23.833°S 30.250°E