Mamusa Local Municipality Explained

Mamusa
Settlement Type:Local municipality
Seal Size:150x100px
Map Alt:Location in the North West
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North West
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Seat:Schweizer-Reneke
Parts Type:Wards
Parts:8
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Municipal council
Leader Party:ANC
Leader Title:Mayor
Area Total Km2:3615
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:60355
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup
Demographics1 Info1:91.4%
Demographics1 Info2:2.2%
Demographics1 Info3:0.5%
Demographics1 Info4:5.5%
Demographics Type2:First languages
Demographics2 Footnotes:[3]
Demographics2 Info1:85.1%
Demographics2 Info2:7.2%
Demographics2 Info3:2.2%
Demographics2 Info4:1.7%
Demographics2 Info5:3.8%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank Info Sec1:NW393

Mamusa Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Mamusa) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Schweizer-Reneke.

Politics

See main article: Mamusa Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]

As of 2023, Mamusa Local Municipality has received disclaimed audits (the worst outcome) for eleven years in a row, the only municipality to do so.[5] [6]

Geography

The municipality covers an area of in the south-west part of North West province. At the time of the 2011 census it has a population of 60,355. According to the census, the predominant language in the municipality is Setswana, spoken by 85.1% of the population, followed by Afrikaans (7.2%), Sesotho (2.2%) and English (1.7%). 91.5% of the population identified as "Black African", 5.5% as "White", 2.2% as "Coloured", and 0.5% as "Indian or Asian". The 2016 Community Survey estimated that the population had increased to 64,000.

The principal town is Schweizer-Reneke, located in the centre of the municipality, which (including the township of Ipelegeng) had a population of 41,226 in 2011. Other settlements include Amalia (pop. 5,481) to the west, and Migdol (pop. 3,526) and Glaudina (pop. 2,368) to the north-east.

Roads radiate outwards from Schweizer-Reneke towards Vryburg, Delareyville, Wolmaransstad, Bloemhof, Christiana and Pudimoe. The road from Vryburg to Bloemhof is designated as provincial route R34, while the others are designated as regional routes R504 (Pudimoe–Wolmaransstad) and R506 (Christiana–Delareyville). The Coligny–Vermaas–Pudimoe railway line also passes through the municipality.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contact list: Executive Mayors . Government Communication & Information System . 22 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors . 14 July 2010 .
  2. Web site: Statistics by place . Statistics South Africa . 27 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Statistics by place . Statistics South Africa . 27 September 2015.
  4. Web site: Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mamusa. 2021-12-04. wikitable.frith.dev.
  5. Web site: 11 years of municipal audits . 2023-02-22 . tools.theoutlier.co.za.
  6. Web site: Mamusa Local Municipality in North West got disclaimed audits (the worst opinion) for 11 years in a row . 2023-02-22 . Twitter . en.