Greater Taung Local Municipality

Greater Taung Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Greater Taung) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Taung.

Greater Taung
Official seal of Greater Taung
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
SeatTaung
Wards26
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorTumisang R. Gaoraelwe
Area
 • Total5,635 km2 (2,176 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total177,642
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.2%
 • Coloured1.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana90.3%
 • Xhosa1.7%
 • Sotho1.5%
 • English1.5%
 • Other5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW394

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Batlhaping Ba Ga Maidi 61401 483.38 26,424 Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Mothibi 61402 811.50 30,810 Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Phuduhutswana 61403 1,193.50 107,870 Tswana
Batlhaping Ba Ga Phudutswana 61404 2.76 3,337 Tswana
Boipelo 61405 3.81 3,568 Tswana
Motsweding 61407 9.55 3,255 Tswana
Pudimoe 61408 2.80 3,718 Tswana
Reivilo 61409 27.28 21 Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 61406 3,106.08 3,159 Tswana

Politics

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The municipal council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress23,39256.422323,52858.03528
Economic Freedom Fighters9,49122.8909,53223.511111
Azanian Independent Community Movement1,6123.8901,5463.8122
Forum for Service Delivery1,5803.8111,5633.8512
Independent candidates2,1285.1300
Democratic Alliance9532.3009532.3511
African Independent Congress2650.6408462.0911
African Christian Democratic Party3950.9503800.9411
National Freedom Party3610.8704081.0111
Patriotic Alliance3350.8103750.9211
4 other parties9462.2801,4163.4900
Total41,458100.002440,547100.002448
Valid votes41,45897.6340,54796.04
Invalid/blank votes1,0052.371,6713.96
Total votes42,463100.0042,218100.00
Registered voters/turnout87,19848.7087,19848.42

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Greater Taung". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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