Greater Giyani Local Municipality
Greater Giyani | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
District | Mopani |
Seat | Giyani |
Wards | 30 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Basani Agnes Shibambu |
Area | |
• Total | 4,172 km2 (1,611 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 244,217 |
• Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.5% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tsonga | 90.8% |
• Khelobedu | 3.8% |
• Sotho | 2.6% |
• Other | 2.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | LIM331 |
Greater Giyani Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Greater Giyani Local Municipality is Giyani.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
---|---|---|---|---|
Giyani Part 2 | 90111 | 21.53 | 32,673 | Tsonga |
Giyani Part 3 | 90112 | 0.24 | 415 | Tsonga |
Hlaneki | 90102 | 365.04 | 23,402 | Tsonga |
Mabunda | 90103 | 1.63 | 3,861 | Tsonga |
Makhuva | 90104 | 131.90 | 3,615 | Tsonga |
Modjadji | 90105 | 4.03 | 4,373 | Tsonga |
Msengi | 90106 | 87.74 | 8,279 | Tsonga |
Ndengeza | 90107 | 82.98 | 10,751 | Tsonga |
Nkuri | 90108 | 5.35 | 7,052 | Tsonga |
Nkomo | 90109 | 3.92 | 4,029 | Tsonga |
Shiviti | 90110 | 815.97 | 39,610 | Tsonga |
Remainder of the municipality (Giyani Part 1) | 90101 | 1,444.47 | 99,343 | Tsonga |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two 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-one 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-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 54,910 | 56,327 | 111,237 | 81.0 | 31 | 20 | 51 | |
EFF | 4,752 | 5,035 | 9,787 | 7.1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
African People's Convention | 1,832 | 1,983 | 3,815 | 2.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,838 | 1,908 | 3,746 | 2.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent | 2,622 | – | 2,622 | 1.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
National Independent Party | 1,287 | 1,112 | 2,399 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ximoko Party | 421 | 1,020 | 1,441 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ACDP | 350 | 377 | 727 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
COPE | 300 | 338 | 638 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African Freedom Salvation | 283 | 259 | 542 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
UDM | 165 | 174 | 339 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 68,760 | 68,533 | 137,293 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
Spoilt votes | 1,001 | 1,236 | 2,237 |
South African general election, 2014
Results of the National Assembly election of 2014 for Greater Giyani Local Municipality:[6]
- ANC 89.2%
- EFF 5.3%
- DA 3.2%
- ACDP 0.5%
- COPE 0.4%
- AIC 0.4%
- APC 0.3%
- UDM 0.1%
- AGANG SA 0.1%
- PAC 0.1%
- FF+ 0.1%
- IFP 0.1%
- UCDP 0.0%
- AZAPO 0.0%
- WASP 0.0%
- NFP 0.0%
- UBUNTU 0.0%
- PA 0.0%
- BRA 0.0%
- KISS 0.0%
- PAM 0.0%
- ICOSA 0.0%
- FN 0.0%
- MF 0.0%
- UNICO 0.0%
- FINLA 0.0%
- PAL 0.0%
- KGM 0.0%
- Al Jama-ah 0.0%
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Greater Giyani" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Greater Giyani" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Home". elections.org.za.
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