| Makhuduthamaga | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in Limpopo |
| Coordinates: | -24.75°N 74°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Limpopo |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sekhukhune |
| Seat: | Jane Furse (Mmašadi) |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 31 |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | ANC |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Minah Bahula |
| Area Total Km2: | 2097 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 274358 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 99.7% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.0% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 93.8% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 1.5% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.4% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 3.3% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | LIM473 |
Makhuduthamaga Municipality (Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Makhuduthamaga) is a local municipality within Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92001 | 64.20 | 16,807 | |||
| 92002 | 81.55 | 5,261 | Sepedi | ||
| 92003 | 5.13 | 6,257 | Sepedi | ||
| 92004 | 439.21 | 33,403 | Sepedi | ||
| 92005 | 2.28 | 1,481 | Sepedi | ||
| 92006 | 309.91 | 17,208 | Sepedi | ||
| 92007 | 1.63 | 894 | Sepedi | ||
| 92008 | 259.95 | 44,324 | Sepedi | ||
| 92009 | 249.09 | 41,630 | Sepedi | ||
| 92010 | 95.88 | 8,853 | Sepedi | ||
| 92011 | 574.06 | 82,018 | Sepedi | ||
| 92012 | 17.10 | 3,777 | Sepedi | ||
| 92013 | 0.57 | 979 | Sepedi | ||
| Ga-Mohlala, Limpopo | 92014 | 2.57 | 4.566 | Sepedi | |
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors 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 election.[4] [5]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 42,671 | 46,667 | 85,338 | 68.0 | 31 | 12 | 43 | ||
| 13,652 | 13,641 | 27,293 | 21.7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | ||
| 2,157 | 2,102 | 4,259 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1,130 | 1,068 | 2,198 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 718 | 780 | 1,498 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 706 | 711 | 1,417 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 931 | – | 931 | 0.7 | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| Others | 1,014 | 1,635 | 2,649 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 62,979 | 62,604 | 125,583 | 100.0 | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,070 | 1,276 | 2,346 | |||||