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 | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
.svg) Location in Limpopo | |
| Coordinates: 24°35′S 27°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 [1] (DA) |
| • Speaker | Butana Thlabadira [1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 85,234 |
| • Density | 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 84.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 14.4% |
| 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 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.[4]
Main places edit
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Politics edit
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.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| FF Plus | 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 | |||||
References edit
- ^ a b "DA's Tokkie Swanepoel elected as the Mayor of the Thabazimbi Municipality".
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Thabazimbi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2016.