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Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality

Coordinates: 27°40′S 25°20′E / 27.667°S 25.333°E / -27.667; 25.333
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Lekwa-Teemane
Official seal of Lekwa-Teemane
Location in the North West
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

Lekwa-Teemane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Lekwa-Teemane; Afrikaans: Lekwa-Teemane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, located in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Christiana.

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Bloemhof 61601 68.09 4,987 Afrikaans
Boitumelong 61602 3.14 23,155 Tswana
Christiana 61603 59.91 4,862 Afrikaans
Utlwanang 61605 2.34 11,701 Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 61604 3,572.35 4,366 Tswana

Politics

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The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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) lost their outright majority on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress5,36447.8355,33448.5227
Economic Freedom Fighters2,59723.1612,65924.1934
Democratic Alliance1,0219.1011,0359.4101
Freedom Front Plus7436.6307256.5911
Forum for Service Delivery6515.8006676.0711
Independent candidates5264.6900
4 other parties3132.7905745.2200
Total11,215100.00710,994100.00714
Valid votes11,21598.4110,99497.85
Invalid/blank votes1811.592422.15
Total votes11,396100.0011,236100.00
Registered voters/turnout23,66548.1623,66547.48

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Lekwa-Teemane". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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