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Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality

Coordinates: 24°15′S 29°40′E / 24.250°S 29.667°E / -24.250; 29.667
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Lepelle-Nkumpi
Official seal of Lepelle-Nkumpi
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 24°15′S 29°40′E / 24.250°S 29.667°E / -24.250; 29.667
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictCapricorn
SeatLebowakgomo
Wards30
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMeriam Molala
Area
 • Total3,463 km2 (1,337 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total230,350
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.6%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho86.9%
 • Southern Ndebele4.6%
 • Tsonga3.8%
 • Other4.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM355

Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Lepelle-Nkumpi) is a local municipality within the Capricorn District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Lebowakgomo.

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Bakgaga Ba Mphahlele 91301 591.16 71,646 Northern Sotho
Batau Ba Seloane 91302 96.24 6,457 Northern Sotho
Ditlou Ntshong 91303 85.16 5,334 Northern Sotho
Lebowakgomo 91304 183.46 26,190 Northern Sotho
Mafefe 91306 364.67 11,312 Northern Soth
Mathabatha 91307 0.34 444 Northern Sotho
Mokerong 91308 0.79 1,573 Northern Sotho
Ndlovu 91309 1.67 1,878 Southern Ndebele
Thabamoopo 91310 239.51 6,438 Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 1 91311 502.15 95,107 Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 2 91312 1.41 179 Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 91305 1,388.22 1,402 Northern Sotho

Politics

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The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining thirty 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 forty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress28,29261.413029,87165.951040
Economic Freedom Fighters8,02517.4208,78119.391212
Defenders of the People2,7896.0502,9036.4144
Independent candidates3,9318.5300
Democratic Alliance1,2842.7901,3873.0622
Magoshi Swaranang Movement3990.8704761.0511
Lebowakgomo Civic Organization2640.5704360.9611
8 other parties1,0902.3701,4423.1800
Total46,074100.003045,296100.003060
Valid votes46,07498.0245,29696.90
Invalid/blank votes9301.981,4473.10
Total votes47,004100.0046,743100.00
Registered voters/turnout108,73843.23108,73842.99

Corruption

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In late 2023, Thabo Ben Mothogoane, the municipality's former municipal manager, and Rosina Mangaka Ngoveni, the former chief financial officer, were arrested in connection with the fraud at VBS Bank[5]


References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Lepelle-Nkumpi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  5. ^ Ledwaba, Neesa Moodley, Vincent Cruywagen and Lucas (2024-02-03). "The VBS scandal six years on - the R2bn fraud, the R500m settlement and the plight of victims". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2024-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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