| Greater Tzaneen | |
| 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: | Mopani |
| Seat: | Tzaneen |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 34 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Gerson Molapisane (ANC) |
| Area Total Km2: | 3243 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 390095 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 96.4% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 3.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 46.2% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 40.9% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 4.3% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 2.6% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 6% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | LIM333 |
Greater Tzaneen Municipality (Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Greater Tzaneen; Tsonga: Masipala wa Greater Tzaneen) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Tzaneen.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90301 | 14.37 | 12,651 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 90302 | 14.54 | 14,923 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 90303 | 448.79 | 151,014 | Tsonga | ||
| 90304 | 65.26 | 17,883 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 90305 | 0.45 | 983 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 90307 | 1.04 | 481 | English | ||
| 90308 | 1.16 | 310 | Afrikaans | ||
| 90309 | 315.69 | 84,386 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 90310 | 165.78 | 36,344 | Tsonga | ||
| 90311 | 44.36 | 8,783 | Tsonga | ||
| 90312 | 18.80 | 6,959 | Afrikaans | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 90306 | 2,149.54 | 40,856 | Northern Sotho |
The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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-two seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[5] [6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 70,135 | 71,135 | 141,270 | 75.2 | 33 | 19 | 52 | ||
| 10,717 | 11,222 | 21,939 | 11.7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 8,520 | 8,672 | 17,192 | 9.2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 1,017 | 1,078 | 2,095 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1,616 | – | 1,616 | 0.9 | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 731 | 707 | 1,438 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 443 | 403 | 846 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 165 | 418 | 583 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 147 | 206 | 353 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 105 | 192 | 297 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 48 | 88 | 136 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 66 | 84 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 93,662 | 94,187 | 187,849 | 100.0 | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,162 | 1,288 | 2,450 | |||||