| Makhado | |
| 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: | Vhembe |
| Seat: | Louis Trichardt |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 38 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Samuel Munyai[2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8300 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 516031 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 97.3% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 2.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [4] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 68.1% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 22.1% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 2.6% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 2.2% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 5% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | LIM344 |
Makhado Municipality (Venda: Masipalawapo wa Makhado; Tsonga: Masipala wa Makhado) is a local municipality within the Vhembe District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Louis Trichardt.[5]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: The population census is just an estimate, there are close to 1-million Tsonga speakers in Gauteng alone, as well as close to 300 000 Venda speakers, also in Gauteng, who are there for work purposes only and have their homes in Limpopo, both the Tsonga and the Venda population are larger should the census count be done during December holiday.[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90801 | 20.67 | 18,192 | Tsonga | ||
| 90802 | 60.93 | 6,361 | Venda | ||
| 90803 | 650.70 | 75,746 | Venda | ||
| 90804 | 2.86 | 3,580 | Venda | ||
| 90805 | 181.14 | 11,156 | Venda | ||
| 90806 | 17.45 | 14,337 | Tsonga | ||
| 90807 | 150.44 | 24,688 | Venda | ||
| 90808 | 21.18 | 11,014 | English, Venda, Tsonga | ||
| 90809 | 0.39 | 806 | Venda | ||
| 90810 | 9.77 | 13,051 | Venda | ||
| 90811 | 2.80 | 5,652 | Venda | ||
| 90812 | 1.59 | 1,875 | Venda | ||
| 90814 | 0.69 | 1,207 | Venda | ||
| 90815 | 73.39 | 7,033 | Venda | ||
| 90816 | 89.76 | 13,898 | Venda | ||
| 90817 | 71.04 | 24,794 | Venda | ||
| 90818 | 120.31 | 8,689 | Venda | ||
| 90819 | 12.68 | 16,210 | Tsonga | ||
| 90820 | 1.82 | 3,055 | Venda | ||
| 90821 | 5.63 | 5,006 | Northern Sotho | ||
| 90822 | 24.49 | 20,007 | Tsonga | ||
| 90823 | 2.78 | 3,307 | Venda | ||
| 90824 | 288.99 | 17,245 | Venda | ||
| 90825 | 1.66 | 1,427 | Venda | ||
| 90826 | 7.89 | 12,235 | Venda | ||
| 90827 | 161.96 | 15,665 | Venda | ||
| 90828 | 6.20 | 8,701 | Venda | ||
| 90829 | 36.48 | 5,924 | Venda | ||
| 90830 | 4.93 | 3,071 | Tsonga | ||
| 90831 | 6.05 | 7,043 | Tsonga | ||
| 90832 | 72.28 | 47,472 | Venda | ||
| 90833 | 18.81 | 7,512 | Tsonga | ||
| 90834 | 11.75 | 11,620 | Tsonga | ||
| 90835 | 42.88 | 4,099 | Venda | ||
| 90836 | 107.89 | 17,538 | Venda | ||
| 90837 | 3.93 | 2,770 | Venda | ||
| 90838 | 13.58 | 19,770 | Venda | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 90813 | 6,262.90 | 25,319 | Tsonga |
See main article: Makhado Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of seventy-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-eight wards, while the remaining thirty-seven 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixty-two seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[7]