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Magareng Local Municipality
View on WikipediaMagareng 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.
Key Information
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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
[edit]The 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
[edit]The 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 17 February 2025.
- ^ "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.
Municipalities and communities of Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape | ||
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District seat: Kimberley | ||
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| Phokwane | ||
| Magareng | ||
| Dikgatlong | ||
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