Modimolle Local Municipality was a municipality located in the
Waterberg District Municipality
Waterberg is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Waterberg is Modimolle. The majority of its 745 758 people speak Sepedi, also known as Northern Sotho (2016 Community Survey). The district code is DC36.
Ge ...
of
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...
province,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. The seat of Modimolle Local Municipality was
Modimolle
Modimolle, also known as Nylstroom, is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium-sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming (citrus, grapes and cattle) as well ...
.
After
municipal elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the new and larger
Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality
Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality is a Local municipality (South Africa), local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the South African municipal elections, 2016, August 2016 local elections by the merging of Mookgophong L ...
.
Main places
The
2001 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Politics
The municipal council consisted of eighteen members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors were elected by
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
in nine
wards, while the remaining nine were chosen from
party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the
election of 18 May 2011 the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
(ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links
Official homepage
{{Municipalities of Limpopo
Former local municipalities of South Africa