Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality

Fetakgomo Tubatse
FTM
Local municipality
Map of Limpopo with Fetakgomo/Tubatse highlighted
Map of Limpopo with Fetakgomo/Tubatse highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictGreater Sekhukhune
SeatBurgersfort
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
[1]
 • Total
5,693 km2 (2,198 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
429,471
 • Density75/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM476

Fetakgomo Tubatse Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Fetakgomo Tubatse)[2] is a local municipality within the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Fetakgomo and Greater Tubatse local municipalities.[3]

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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) won a majority of fifty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 64,761 67,703 132,464 68.2 39 15 54
EFF 17,046 18,433 35,479 18.3 0 15 15
DA 4,477 4,479 8,956 4.6 0 4 4
Independent 5,611 – 5,611 2.9 0 – 0
AZAPO 1,077 1,082 2,159 1.1 0 1 1
COPE 937 885 1,822 0.9 0 1 1
Socialist Agenda of Dispossessed Africans 854 905 1,759 0.9 0 1 1
PAC 881 767 1,648 0.9 0 1 1
Others 1,700 2,617 4,317 2.2 0 0 0
Total 97,344 96,871 194,215 100.0 39 38 77
Spoilt votes 1,760 2,079 3,839

References

  1. ^ a b Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Fetakgomo, Greater Tubatse.
  2. ^ Ndou, Jerry (10 November 2017). "Notice in terms of section 16(3) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998): official names of LIM 345, LIM 368 and LIM 476 local municipalities" (PDF). Limpopo Provincial Gazette. Vol. 24, no. 2864. Polokwane: Government Printer. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  3. ^ "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Tubatse/Fetakgomo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Tubatse/Fetakgomo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 January 2017.