| Fetakgomo | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in Limpopo |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Limpopo |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sekhukhune |
| Seat: | Apel |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 13 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Raesetse Elizabeth Sefala |
| Area Total Km2: | 1105 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 93795 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 99.4% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.0% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.4% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 94.0% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 1.2% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | % |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 4.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | LIM474 |
Fetakgomo Local Municipality was located in the Sekhukhune District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Fetakgomo Local Municipality was Apel. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.[4] In 2016 it was merged with Greater Tubatse Local Municipality to form the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92101 | 2.96 | 395 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92102 | 479.49 | 37,600 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92103 | 14.19 | 645 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92104 | 2.03 | 1,118 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92105 | 71.49 | 24 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92106 | 3.99 | 1,259 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92107 | 5.04 | 2,463 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92108 | 342.80 | 32,533 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92109 | 25.09 | 2,150 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 92110 | 169.03 | 13,902 | Northern Sotho |
The municipal council consists of twenty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining twelve 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 18 May 2011, the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-one seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[6] [7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 16,835 | 17,897 | 34,732 | 81.2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | ||
| 1,672 | 1,705 | 3,377 | 7.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 914 | 891 | 1,805 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1,176 | – | 1,176 | 2.8 | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 486 | 482 | 968 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 281 | 245 | 526 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 121 | 146 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 37 | 48 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21,400 | 21,378 | 42,778 | 100.0 | 13 | 12 | 25 | |
| Spoilt votes | 320 | 321 | 641 | |||||