Mookgophong 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 ...

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,

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. The seat of Mookgophong Local Municipality was

Mookgophong Mookgophong, also known as Naboomspruit, is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is located approximately 42 km north-east of Modimolle and 51 km south-west of Mokopane. History It was founded on the farm Vischgat in ...

. The Municipality was named after the type of tree found in the area, Mokgopa (a

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). After

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on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the 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 ten members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Five councillors were elected by

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in five wards, while the remaining five 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

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(ANC) won a majority of six 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