Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Ba-Phalaborwa; Tsonga: Masipala wa Ba-Phalaborwa) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Phalaborwa.
Ba-Phalaborwa | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in Limpopo | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Mopani |
| Seat | Phalaborwa |
| Wards | 18 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Merriam Malatji (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,462 km2 (2,881 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 150,637 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 93.10% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 6.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 47.7% |
| • Tsonga | 38.1% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.1% |
| • Sotho | 2.8% |
| • Other | 6.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM334 |
Main places
editThe 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ba-Phalaborwa NU | 963002 | 2,726.97 | 6,131 | Tsonga |
| Ben Farm | 963010 | 7.49 | 12,757 | Tsonga |
| Ga-Makhushane | 963012 | 9.92 | 13,499 | Northern Sotho |
| Ga-Mashishimale | 963014 | 13,920 | 13.35 | Northern Sotho |
| Ga-Selwana | 963014 | 4.65 | 5,263 | Northern Sotho |
| Gravelotte | 963013 | 1.98 | 1,098 | Tsonga |
| Kruger National Park | 963006 | 4,456.66 | 1,499 | Tsonga |
| Leydsdorp | 963017 | 0.79 | 6 | Tsonga |
| Mahale | 963004 | 1.23 | 1,825 | Tsonga |
| Majeje | 963008 | 19.6 | 40,225 | Tsonga |
| Ga-Maseke | 963015 | 4.86 | 2,752 | Northern Sotho |
| Murchison | 963009 | 5.85 | 1,288 | Tsonga |
| Namakgale | 963011 | 12.97 | 36,365 | Northern Sotho |
| Nondweni | 963005 | 0.76 | 984 | Tsonga |
| Phalaborwa | 963007 | 193.33 | 13,108 | Afrikaans |
| Priska-Majeje | 963001 | 0.91 | 626 | Tsonga |
| Boelang | 963016 | 0.43 | 291 | Tsonga/Northern Sotho |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 18,906 | 59.45 | 17 | 19,777 | 62.86 | 7 | 24 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,893 | 12.24 | 0 | 4,353 | 13.84 | 5 | 5 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 3,069 | 9.65 | 2 | 3,157 | 10.03 | 2 | 4 | |
| National Independent Party | 1,491 | 4.69 | 0 | 1,513 | 4.81 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mopani Independent Movement | 978 | 3.08 | 0 | 1,036 | 3.29 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 2,003 | 6.30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Freedom Front Plus | 308 | 0.97 | 0 | 359 | 1.14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Able Leadership | 226 | 0.71 | 0 | 224 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 190 | 0.60 | 0 | 222 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 163 | 0.51 | 0 | 144 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 139 | 0.44 | 0 | 105 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 121 | 0.38 | 0 | 112 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Civic Warriors | 98 | 0.31 | 0 | 74 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Democratic Movement | 69 | 0.22 | 0 | 100 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abantu Batho Congress | 85 | 0.27 | 0 | 80 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ximoko Party | 36 | 0.11 | 0 | 57 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 4 | 0.01 | 0 | 55 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 11 | 0.03 | 0 | 38 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 33 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 10 | 0.03 | 0 | 22 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 31,801 | 100.00 | 19 | 31,461 | 100.00 | 18 | 37 | |
| Valid votes | 31,801 | 97.85 | 31,461 | 97.60 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 699 | 2.15 | 772 | 2.40 | ||||
| Total votes | 32,500 | 100.00 | 32,233 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 75,415 | 43.09 | 75,415 | 42.74 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ba-Phalaborwa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-12-23.