Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality

Elias Motsoaledi Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Elias Motsoaledi; Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi ye Elias Motsoaledi), formerly the Greater Groblersdal Municipality, is a local municipality within the Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of is Groblersdal. It is named in honour of the Elias Motsoaledi.

Elias Motsoaledi
Official seal of Elias Motsoaledi
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictSekhukhune
SeatGroblersdal
Wards30
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor Cllr David Magetle TladiDavid Magetle Tladi (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,713 km2 (1,434 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total249,363
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.9%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White1.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho58.9%
 • Southern Ndebele14.9%
 • Zulu8.9%
 • Tswana6.2%
 • Other11.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM472

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
Bakwena 98401 0.35 682 Northern Sotho
Barokgoga Bakopa 98402 0.39 756 Northern Sotho
Greater Groblersdal 98403 146.78 2,556 Northern Sotho
Groblersdal 88402 6.26 2,480 Afrikaans
Mathula 88403 67.91 17,576 Southern Ndebele
Matsepe 98404 4.74 1,179 Northern Sotho
Motetema Part 1 98405 1.09 3,739 Northern Sotho
Motetema Part 2 88404 0.60 767 Northern Sotho
Moutse 3 Part 1 98406 0.39 935 Northern Sotho
Moutse 3 Part 2 88405 324.85 97,618 Northern Sotho
Ndebele 98407 220.83 48,914 Northern Sotho
Nebo 98408 142.06 31,888 Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 88401 2,757.08 11,646 Northern Sotho

Politics

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The municipal council consists of sixty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty 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 36 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress27,54757.802727,72958.66936
Economic Freedom Fighters10,11021.21310,39521.991114
Democratic Alliance2,9846.2613,0636.4834
Bolsheviks Party of South Africa1,6123.3801,5733.3322
Mpumalanga Party1,4192.9801,5443.2722
Freedom Front Plus8601.8007821.6511
Independent candidates1,0062.1100
Answer for Community4680.9804410.9311
Dennilton Residents Association3510.7403300.7011
12 other parties1,3022.7301,4152.9900
Total47,659100.003147,272100.003061
Valid votes47,65998.0547,27297.67
Invalid/blank votes9501.951,1262.33
Total votes48,609100.0048,398100.00
Registered voters/turnout120,05740.49120,05740.31

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 — Elias Motsoaledi". wikitable.frith.dev. Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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