Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality

Makhuduthamaga
Local municipality
Official seal of Makhuduthamaga Seal
Location in Limpopo Location in Limpopo
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Seat	Jane Furse
Wards	31
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Alfred Matlala
Area
• Total	2,097 km2 (810 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	274,358
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.7%
• Coloured	0.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)
• Northern Sotho	93.8%
• Swazi	1.5%
• Zulu	1.4%
• Other	3.3%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	LIM473

Makhuduthamaga is a municipality in Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

The name is derived from the liberatory name given to those who supported the anti-apartheid struggle in Sekhukhuneland in the 1950s. Makhuduthamaga waged a war against the white commissioner and his assailants, Marentsara.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Kwena Madihlaba	92001	64.20	16,807	Northern Sotho
Kwena Mashabela	92002	81.55	5,261	Northern Sotho
Mampane	92003	5.13	6,257	Northern Sotho
Masemola	92004	439.21	33,403	Northern Sotho
Matlala	92005	2.28	1,481	Northern Sotho
Morwangwato	92006	309.91	17,208	Northern Sotho
Ndebele	92007	1.63	894	Northern Sotho
Pedi Mamone	92008	259.95	44,324	Northern Sotho
Phokwane	92009	249.09	41,630	Northern Sotho
Roka Phasha Phokoane	92010	95.88	8,853	Northern Sotho
SMN	92011	574.06	82,018	Northern Sotho
Tisane	92012	17.10	3,777	Northern Sotho
Vergelegen	92013	0.57	979	Northern Sotho

Politics

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 18 May 2011, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-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	43,347	46,896	90,243	81.8	31	21	52
	Congress of the People	2,756	3,178	5,934	5.4	0	3	3
	Independent	4,973	–	4,973	4.5	0	–	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	1,349	1,369	2,718	2.5	0	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	1,050	1,239	2,289	2.1	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	638	590	1,228	1.1	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	536	561	1,097	1.0	0	1	1
	South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association	428	495	923	0.8	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	267	302	569	0.5	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	129	168	297	0.3	0	0	0
Total		55,473	54,798	110,271	100.0	31	30	61
Spoilt votes		1,152	1,670	2,822

External links

• Official website