Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality

Dr JS Moroka Municipality (Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi ye Dr JS Moroka; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Siyabuswa.

Dr JS Moroka
Local municipality
Official seal of Dr JS Moroka
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeatSiyabuswa
Wards31
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorGrace Tinny Mthimunye
Area
 • Total1,416 km2 (547 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total249,705
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African99.4%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Southern Ndebele36.2%
 • Northern Sotho30.7%
 • Tswana17.3%
 • Tsonga5.0%
 • Other10.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP316

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Dr JS Moroka81301186.37185Northern Sotho
Kameelpoort813020.931,639Northern Sotho
Mbibana8130316.736,098Northern Sotho
Mdutjana81304260.4484,756Southern Ndebele
Moretele81305915.02112,330Tswana
Moutse 2813064.400-
Siyabuswa8130713.5626,273Southern Ndebele
Toitskraal813080.47207Southern Ndebele
Vaalbank813093.8511,818Northern Sotho

Politics
Main article: Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 forty-three seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
ANC 46,37946,98593,36467.8301343
EFF 11,05710,78421,84115.901010
Democratic Alliance 4,2574,4328,6896.3044
Independent 4,387–4,3873.21–1
AIC 2751,4381,7131.2011
PAC 6756841,3591.0011
Forum 4 Service Delivery 5085311,0390.8011
African People's Convention 3665949600.7011
Others 1,8112,5354,3463.2000
Total 69,71567,983137,698100.0313162
Spoilt votes 1,5051,9223,427

In a by-election held on 8 January 2019, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[6] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 291342
EFF 01010
Democratic Alliance 044
Independent 2–2
AIC 011
African People's Convention 011
Forum 4 Service Delivery 011
PAC 011
Total 313162

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Dr JS Moroka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Dr JS Moroka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. "Independent candidate supported by F4SD snatches Mpumalanga ward from ANC". Independent Online. 9 January 2019.

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