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Mafikeng Local Municipality
Mahikeng Municipality () is a Local municipality (South Africa), local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West Province (South Africa), North West province of South Africa. ''Mahikeng'' is a Setswana language, Setswana word meaning "place of rocks". Main places The South African National Census of 2001, 2001 census divided the municipality into the following Populated place, main places: Politics The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five ward (South Africa), wards, while the remaining thirty-four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections, election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats on the council. The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Municipality (South Africa)
In South Africa, a local municipality (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government. Each district municipality is divided into a number of local municipalities, and responsibility for municipal affairs is divided between the district and local municipalities. There are 205 local municipalities in South Africa. A local municipality may include rural areas as well as one or more towns or small cities. In larger urban areas there are no district or local municipalities, and a metropolitan municipality is responsible for all municipal affairs. Governance A local municipality is governed by a municipal council elected by voters resident in the municipality on the basis of mixed-member proportional representation. The municipal area is divided into wards, the number of which depends on the population of the municipality. At local elections the voters have three ballot papers: one to vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
