Fetakgomo Tubatse | |
Native Name: | FTM |
Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Limpopo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Greater Sekhukhune |
Seat: | Burgersfort |
Government Type: | Municipal council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5693 |
Population Total: | 429471 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | LIM476 |
Fetakgomo Tubatse Municipality (Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Fetakgomo Tubatse)[2] is a local municipality within the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Fetakgomo and Greater Tubatse local municipalities.[3]
The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 fifty-four seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[4] [5]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
64,761 | 67,703 | 132,464 | 68.2 | 39 | 15 | 54 | ||
17,046 | 18,433 | 35,479 | 18.3 | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||
4,477 | 4,479 | 8,956 | 4.6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
5,611 | – | 5,611 | 2.9 | 0 | – | 0 | ||
1,077 | 1,082 | 2,159 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
937 | 885 | 1,822 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
854 | 905 | 1,759 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
881 | 767 | 1,648 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Others | 1,700 | 2,617 | 4,317 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 97,344 | 96,871 | 194,215 | 100.0 | 39 | 38 | 77 | |
Spoilt votes | 1,760 | 2,079 | 3,839 |