Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality
Dr JS Moroka Municipality (Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi weDr JS Moroka; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Siyabuswa.
Dr JS Moroka | |
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Seal | |
Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Coordinates: 25°5′S 28°50′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Nkangala |
| Seat | Siyabuswa |
| Wards | 31 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Grace Tinny Mthimunye |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,416 km2 (547 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 249,705 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.4% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 36.2% |
| • Northern Sotho | 30.7% |
| • Tswana | 17.3% |
| • Tsonga | 5.0% |
| • Other | 10.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP316 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Dr JS Moroka | 81301 | 186.37 | 185 | Northern Sotho |
| Kameelpoort | 81302 | 0.93 | 1,639 | Northern Sotho |
| Mbibana | 81303 | 16.73 | 6,098 | Northern Sotho |
| Mdutjana | 81304 | 260.44 | 84,756 | Southern Ndebele |
| Moretele | 81305 | 915.02 | 112,330 | Tswana |
| Moutse 2 | 81306 | 4.40 | 0 | - |
| Siyabuswa | 81307 | 13.56 | 26,273 | Southern Ndebele |
| Toitskraal | 81308 | 0.47 | 207 | Southern Ndebele |
| Vaalbank | 81309 | 3.85 | 11,818 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one 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 forty-three seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[4][5]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 46,379 | 46,985 | 93,364 | 67.8 | 30 | 13 | 43 | |
| EFF | 11,057 | 10,784 | 21,841 | 15.9 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| DA | 4,257 | 4,432 | 8,689 | 6.3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Independent | 4,387 | – | 4,387 | 3.2 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| AIC | 275 | 1,438 | 1,713 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| PAC | 675 | 684 | 1,359 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Forum 4 Service Delivery | 508 | 531 | 1,039 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| APC | 366 | 594 | 960 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Others | 1,811 | 2,535 | 4,346 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 69,715 | 67,983 | 137,698 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,505 | 1,922 | 3,427 | |||||
In a by-election held on 8 January 2019, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[6] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
| Party | Ward | PR list | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANC | 29 | 13 | 42 | |
| EFF | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| DA | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Independent | 2 | – | 2 | |
| AIC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| APC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Forum 4 Service Delivery | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| PAC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Dr JS Moroka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Dr JS Moroka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- "Independent candidate supported by F4SD snatches Mpumalanga ward from ANC". Independent Online. 9 January 2019.