Magareng Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Magareng; Afrikaans: Magareng Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Magareng | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 28°10′S 24°50′E / 28.167°S 24.833°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Frances Baard |
| Seat | Warrenton |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Neo Mase |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,542 km2 (595 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 24,204 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 80.0% |
| • Coloured | 13.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
| • White | 5.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 67.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 21.2% |
| • Xhosa | 3.6% |
| • Sotho | 2.2% |
| • Other | 5.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC093 |
Magareng is a Setswana name meaning "in the middle". The name reflects the geographic location of the municipality in relation to other areas.[4]
Main places
editThe 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ikutseng | 385001 | 4.9 | 16,683 |
| Warrenton | 385002 | 26.8 | 5,905 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 385003 | 1,510.0 | 1,616 |
| Total | 1,541.7 | 24,204 | |
Politics
editThe municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Magareng local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 2,989 | 3,146 | 6,135 | 50.3% | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,064 | 1,400 | 2,464 | 20.2% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 756 | 859 | 1,615 | 13.3% | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 378 | 477 | 855 | 7.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 716 | – | 716 | 5.9% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 159 | 160 | 319 | 2.6% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 36 | 46 | 82 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6,098 | 6,088 | 12,186 | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Valid votes | 6,098 | 6,088 | 12,186 | 98.2% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 106 | 122 | 228 | 1.8% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 6,204 | 6,210 | 12,414 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 6,213 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 11,644 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 53.4% | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ "Magareng Local Municipality". Census 2011.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.