| Thabazimbi | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Map Alt: | Location in Limpopo |
| Coordinates: | -24.5833°N 37°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Limpopo |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Waterberg |
| Seat: | Thabazimbi |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 12 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | DA |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Tokkie Swanepoel[2] |
| Leader Title1: | Speaker |
| Leader Name1: | Butana Thlabadira[3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 11190 |
| Population Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population Total: | 65,047 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [5] |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 76.2% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.5% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 22.8% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [6] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 41.2% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 15.7% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 12.3% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 8.0% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 22.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | LIM361 |
Thabazimbi Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Thabazimbi; Afrikaans: Thabazimbi Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Thabazimbi) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Thabazimbi.
Thabazimbi is a Sotho–Nguni name meaning "iron ore mountain". The early Bantu communities (Sotho, Venda, Kalanga, Nguni and Nyasa) worked on this mountain to mine iron.[7]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[8]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91401 | 47.73 | 2,076 | Tswana | ||
| Ipeleng | 91402 | 0.02 | 940 | Tswana | |
| 91403 | 1.15 | 2,138 | Afrikaans | ||
| Mmebane | 91404 | 0.01 | 283 | Northern Sotho | |
| 91405 | 47.56 | 6,180 | Tswana | ||
| Regorogile | 91406 | 1.11 | 7,609 | Tswana | |
| Rooiberg Tin Mine | 91407 | 4.32 | 250 | Afrikaans | |
| Rooikrans | 91408 | 2.69 | 153 | Tswana | |
| Smersha Block | 91409 | 1.33 | 12,875 | Xhosa | |
| 91410 | 14.18 | 2,912 | Afrikaans | ||
| Swartkop | 91411 | 0.56 | 103 | Afrikaans | |
| 91413 | 10.76 | 4,423 | Afrikaans | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 91412 | 9,723.06 | 23,968 | Tswana |
The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining eleven 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) lost its majority on the council. Midah Moselane of the Thabazimbi Residents Association subsequently was elected mayor with support from the Democratic Alliance (DA), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+).
The following table shows the results of the election.[9] [10]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 10,210 | 10,151 | 20,361 | 45.3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 4,982 | 5,002 | 9,984 | 22.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4,469 | 4,629 | 9,098 | 20.2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1,891 | 1,878 | 3,769 | 8.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 630 | 583 | 1,213 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 257 | 342 | 499 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | - | 25 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22,464 | 22,485 | 44,949 | 100.0 | 12 | 11 | 23 | |
| Spoilt votes | 456 | 459 | 915 | |||||