Tlokwe Local Municipality

Tlokwe
Local municipality

Seal

Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°45′S 27°10′E / 26.750°S 27.167°E / -26.750; 27.167Coordinates: 26°45′S 27°10′E / 26.750°S 27.167°E / -26.750; 27.167
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat Potchefstroom
Wards 26
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Kgotso Khumalo (ANC)
Area
 • Total 2,674 km2 (1,032 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 162,762
 • Density 61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 71.3%
 • Coloured 6.8%
 • Indian/Asian 0.9%
 • White 20.6%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Tswana 40.6%
 • Afrikaans 27.5%
 • Sotho 11.9%
 • Xhosa 9.6%
 • Other 10.4%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code NW402

Tlokwe Local Municipality (before February 2007, Potchefstroom Local Municipality) was a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat was Potchefstroom. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Tlokwe/Ventersdorp Local Municipality.

The most widely accepted theory on the origin of the name Potchefstroom is that the name is composed of three words: Potgieter, chef and stroom. The first syllable is that of Potgieter, the second from the fact that he was a "chef" or a leader of the emigrants, and the third signifying the Mooi River. The complete name "Potgieter" was gradually shortened to "Pot".[4]

In the news

In February 2013, then mayor of Tlokwe, prof. Annette Combrink declared that she would refuse to use the new official vehicle that was delivered to her. It was a customized Mercedes-Benz C350 CDI, worth R736,000.-, that the ANC ruled council had ordered in July 2012 for the previous mayor Maphetle Maphetle. Combrink represents the opposition Democratic Alliance but was elected mayor due to disagreements in the ANC led council. She declared to be quite happy to use her nine-year-old Volkswagen Passat instead, in view of the poverty in the municipality.[5] The ANC declared that they plan to unseat the mayor as soon as possible.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Ikageng 6180176.6461,847Tswana
Mohadin 618022.7512,079Tswana
Potchefstroom 6180346.1926,723Afrikaans
Promosa 618042.8810,715Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 618052,544.9116,983Afrikaans

Rivers

Dams

Politics

The municipal council consisted of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-six were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 28,480 32,544 61,024 57.9 16 14 30
Democratic Alliance 19,710 19,326 39,036 37.0 9 10 19
Freedom Front Plus 1,508 1,374 2,882 2.7 0 2 2
Congress of the People 978 759 1,737 1.6 1 0 1
African Christian Democratic Party 319 168 487 0.5 0 0 0
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 236 54 290 0.3 0 0 0
Total 51,231 54,225 105,456 100.0 26 26 52
Spoilt votes 2,323 660 2,983

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Die Burger 8 Feb 2013 (in Afrikaans)
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Potchefstroom" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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