Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality

Not to be confused with Lekwa Local Municipality.

Lekwa-Teemane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Seat	Christiana
Wards	7
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Kagiso Palagangwe (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,681 km^2 (1,421 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	53,248
• Density	14/km^2 (37/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	81.2%
• Coloured	7.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	10.4%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Tswana	64.4%
• Afrikaans	17.8%
• Sotho	6.0%
• Xhosa	5.5%
• Other	6.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW396

Lekwa-Teemane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Lekwa-Teemane; Afrikaans: Lekwa-Teemane Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, located in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Christiana.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bloemhof	61601	68.09	4,987	Afrikaans
Boitumelong	61602	3.14	23,155	Tswana
Christiana	61603	59.91	4,862	Afrikaans
Utlwanang	61605	2.34	11,701	Tswana
Remainder of the municipality	61604	3,572.35	4,366	Tswana

Politics

Main article: Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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) lost their outright majority on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	5,364	47.83	5	5,334	48.52	2	7
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,597	23.16	1	2,659	24.19	3	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,021	9.10	1	1,035	9.41	0	1
	Freedom Front Plus	743	6.63	0	725	6.59	1	1
	Forum for Service Delivery	651	5.80	0	667	6.07	1	1
	Independent candidates	526	4.69	0				0
	4 other parties	313	2.79	0	574	5.22	0	0
Total		11,215	100.00	7	10,994	100.00	7	14
Valid votes		11,215	98.41		10,994	97.85
Invalid/blank votes		181	1.59		242	2.15
Total votes		11,396	100.00		11,236	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,665	48.16		23,665	47.48

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Lekwa-Teemane". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

External links

• Official site

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