| Dr JS Moroka | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in Mpumalanga |
| Coordinates: | -25.0833°N 78°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mpumalanga |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nkangala |
| Seat: | Siyabuswa |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 31 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Grace Tinny Mthimunye |
| Area Total Km2: | 1416 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 249705 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 99.4% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 36.2% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 30.7% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 17.3% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 5.0% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 10.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | MP316 |
Dr JS Moroka Municipality (Ndebele, South; South Ndebele: UMasipaladi weDr JS Moroka; Pedi; Sepedi; 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.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81301 | 186.37 | 185 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 81302 | 0.93 | 1,639 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 81303 | 16.73 | 6,098 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 81304 | 260.44 | 84,756 | Southern Ndebele | ||
| Moretele | 81305 | 915.02 | 112,330 | Tswana | |
| 81306 | 4.40 | 0 | - | ||
| 81307 | 13.56 | 26,273 | Southern Ndebele | ||
| 81308 | 0.47 | 207 | Southern Ndebele | ||
| 81309 | 3.85 | 11,818 | Northern Sotho |
See 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.[5] [6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 46,379 | 46,985 | 93,364 | 67.8 | 30 | 13 | 43 | ||
| 11,057 | 10,784 | 21,841 | 15.9 | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 4,257 | 4,432 | 8,689 | 6.3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4,387 | – | 4,387 | 3.2 | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| 275 | 1,438 | 1,713 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 675 | 684 | 1,359 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 508 | 531 | 1,039 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 366 | 594 | 960 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Others | 1,811 | 2,535 | 4,346 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 69,715 | 67,983 | 137,698 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,505 | 1,922 | 3,427 | |||||
In a by-election held on 8 January 2019, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[7] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
| Party | Ward | PR list | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 13 | 42 | |||
| 0 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2 | – | 2 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 31 | 31 | 62 | ||