Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality

Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Christiana.

Not to be confused with Lekwa Local Municipality.
Lekwa-Teemane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
SeatChristiana
Wards7
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKagiso Palagangwe (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,681 km2 (1,421 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total53,248
 • Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African81.2%
 • Coloured7.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White10.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana64.4%
 • Afrikaans17.8%
 • Sotho6.0%
 • Xhosa5.5%
 • Other6.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW396

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bloemhof6160168.094,987Afrikaans
Boitumelong616023.1417,855Tswana
Christiana6160359.914,862Afrikaans
Utlwanang616052.3411,701Tswana
Remainder of the municipality616043,572.354,366Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining eight 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 ten seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 8,4578,31016,76762.87310
Democratic Alliance 2,0832,0244,10715.4123
Forum 4 Service Delivery 1,0791,2842,3638.9022
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,1701,0982,2688.5011
Freedom Front Plus 2672955622.1000
Congress of the People 2443015452.0000
ACDP 49531020.4000
Total 13,34913,36526,714100.08816
Spoilt votes 485253738

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Lekwa-Teemane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Lekwa-Teemane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

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