Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality

Elias Motsoaledi
Local municipality
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Location in Limpopo Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Seat	Groblersdal
Wards	30
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Julia Mathebe
Area
• Total	3,713 km2 (1,434 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	249,363
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	97.9%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	1.6%
First languages (2011)
• Northern Sotho	58.9%
• Southern Ndebele	14.9%
• Zulu	8.9%
• Tswana	6.2%
• Other	11.1%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	LIM472

Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality (formerly Greater Groblersdal Local Municipality) is located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality is Groblersdal. Municipality is named in honour of the Elias Motsoaledi.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

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

The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty 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 18 May 2011, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	36,704	37,948	74,652	67.1	25	16	41
	Mpumalanga Party	10,557	10,592	21,149	19.0	4	8	12
	Democratic Alliance	3,662	3,493	7,155	6.4	1	3	4
	Congress of the People	1,077	1,087	2,164	1.9	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	926	728	1,654	1.5	0	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	520	472	992	0.9	0	1	1
	Independent	903	–	903	0.8	0	–	0
	Independent Residents Association	380	366	746	0.7	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	405	332	737	0.7	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	232	178	410	0.4	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	150	185	335	0.3	0	0	0
	South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association	76	99	175	0.2	0	0	0
	Black Consciousness Party	45	88	133	0.1	0	0	0
Total		55,637	55,568	111,205	100.0	30	30	60
Spoilt votes		1,444	1,486	2,930

External links

• Official homepage