Musina Local Municipality Explained

Musina
Settlement Type:Local municipality
Seal Size:150x100px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Limpopo
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Vhembe
Seat:Musina
Parts Type:Wards
Parts:6
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Municipal council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Carol Phiri
Area Total Km2:7577
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:68359
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup
Demographics1 Info1:94.0%
Demographics1 Info2:0.3%
Demographics1 Info3:0.5%
Demographics1 Info4:4.8%
Demographics Type2:First languages
Demographics2 Footnotes:[3]
Demographics2 Info1:52.1%
Demographics2 Info2:9.0%
Demographics2 Info3:8.2%
Demographics2 Info4:4.9%
Demographics2 Info5:25.8%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank Info Sec1:LIM341

Musina Municipality (Venda: Masipalawapo wa Musina) is a local municipality within the Vhembe District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the northernmost local municipality in South Africa. It borders Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The seat is Musina.

Sub places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following Sub Places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2)Population Most spoken language
Baobab Tree Reserve 96700401084.13189Venda
Bergview East 9670040080.47423Venda
Bergview West 9670040090.4144Venda
Lost City 9670040110.57747Venda
Mushongoville 9670040012.543,008Venda
Musina Ext5 9670040040.191,906Venda
Musina Mine 9670040053.5357Venda
Musina SP 9670040077.514,423Venda
9670040035.8231,133Venda
Nancefield Ext 2 9670040020.15674Venda
SMG Military Base 9670040126.3573Venda

Politics

See main article: Musina Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of twenty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining twelve 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 nineteen seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

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. http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/967004 Lookup Tables - adrianfrith.com
  5. Web site: Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Musina . 2024-04-20 . wikitable.frith.dev.