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Naledi Local Municipality, North West

Coordinates: 26°50′S 24°50′E / 26.833°S 24.833°E / -26.833; 24.833
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Naledi
Official seal of Naledi
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
SeatVryburg
Wards9
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCliffton J. Groep (ANC) [1]
Area
 • Total
6,941 km2 (2,680 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total
66,781
 • Density9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African74.0%
 • Coloured14.7%
 • Indian/Asian1.1%
 • White9.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana68.8%
 • Afrikaans23.8%
 • English3.4%
 • Other4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW392
Websitewww.naledilm.co.za

Naledi Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Naledi; Afrikaans: Naledi Munisipaliteit) 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 Vryburg.

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Huhudi 61201 4.09 21,572 Tswana
Stella 61203 6.74 1,109 Afrikaans
Vryburg 61204 64.13 14,601 Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 61202 7,192.18 20,827 Tswana

Politics

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The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress7,15453.5787,37454.07210
Democratic Alliance2,26516.9612,28716.7723
Economic Freedom Fighters2,17716.3002,22016.2833
Freedom Front Plus6314.7206064.4411
Azanian Independent Community Movement4443.3204463.2711
Independent candidates1901.4200
6 other parties4943.7007045.1600
Total13,355100.00913,637100.00918
Valid votes13,35596.9413,63796.94
Invalid/blank votes4213.064313.06
Total votes13,776100.0014,068100.00
Registered voters/turnout31,84543.2631,84544.18

References

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  1. ^ Naledi Local Municipality. 2021. Office of the Mayor. https://www.naledilm.co.za/exco/office-of-the-mayor/ Date of access: 02 May 2022
  2. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Naledi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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