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Maruleng Local Municipality

Coordinates: 24°21′15″S 30°56′50″E / 24.35417°S 30.94722°E / -24.35417; 30.94722
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Maruleng
Official seal of Maruleng
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictMopani
SeatHoedspruit
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorThobejane M.H
Area
 • Total3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total94,857
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African95.5%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White3.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Northern Sotho89.7%
 • Tsonga3.9%
 • Afrikaans2.7%
 • English1.6%
 • Other3.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM335

Maruleng Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Maruleng) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Hoedspruit.

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
Banereng Ba Letsoalo 92201 122.29 6,752 Northern Sotho
Banereng Ba Sekororo 92202 210.51 35,268 Northern Sotho
Hoedspruit 92203 7.17 2,052 Afrikaans
Letaba 92204 21.58 2,483 Northern Sotho
Mametja 92205 316.08 26,702 Northern Sotho
Naphuno 92207 10.36 8,188 Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 92206 2,543.64 12,929 Tsonga

Politics

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The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress15,77749.941117,92259.18415
Economic Freedom Fighters2,9739.4104,76515.7344
Independent candidates6,83321.6322
Civic Warriors2,8028.8703,19710.5633
Democratic Alliance2,0666.5412,7289.0112
Freedom Front Plus4891.5505211.7211
6 other parties6552.0701,1523.8000
Total31,595100.001430,285100.001327
Valid votes31,59598.5830,28596.94
Invalid/blank votes4541.429573.06
Total votes32,049100.0031,242100.00
Registered voters/turnout54,88658.3954,88656.92

Corruption

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In 2018, the Municipal Manager of Maruleng, Sutane Johannes Lethole, was accused of outsourcing the rental of a single truck for waste removal waste removal at R500 000 per month, with a 15% annual escalation.[5] Lethole was also alleged to have increased his own salary to R1.1 million a month, with a cellphone allowance of R2063, without council approval. Lethole resigned after the Democratic Alliance and Civic Warriors of Maruleng brought the corruption to light. [6][7]

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[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Maruleng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  5. ^ Import, Pongrass (2018-01-26). "HOEDSPRUIT: Under resourced municipality pays R6million for waste removal". Letaba Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  6. ^ "'Virtually bankrupt' municipality's manager to be suspended soon". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  7. ^ Matlala, Alex Japho (2018-07-10). "'Good riddance' to Limpopo municipal boss forced to resign". The Citizen. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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24°21′15″S 30°56′50″E / 24.35417°S 30.94722°E / -24.35417; 30.94722