Greater Giyani Local Municipality
Greater Giyani | |
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| Municipal code | LIM331 |
Greater Giyani Municipality (Tsonga: Masipala wa Greater Giyani) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Giyani.
Main places
The
main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giyani Part 2 | 90111 | 21.53 | 32,673 | Tsonga |
| Giyani Part 3 | 90112 | 0.24 | 415 | Tsonga |
| Hlaneki | 90102 | 365.04 | 23,402 | Tsonga |
| Mabunda | 90103 | 1.63 | 3,861 | Tsonga |
| Makhuva | 90104 | 131.90 | 3,615 | Tsonga |
| Modjadji | 90105 | 4.03 | 4,373 | Tsonga |
| Msengi | 90106 | 87.74 | 8,279 | Tsonga |
| Ndengeza | 90107 | 82.98 | 10,751 | Tsonga |
| Nkuri | 90108 | 5.35 | 7,052 | Tsonga |
| Nkomo | 90109 | 3.92 | 4,029 | Tsonga |
| Shiviti | 90110 | 815.97 | 39,610 | Tsonga |
| Remainder of the municipality (Giyani Part 1) | 90101 | 1,444.47 | 99,343 | Tsonga |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by
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 forty-seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Patriotic Alliance | 637 | 1.04 | 0 | 624 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ximoko Party | 212 | 0.35 | 0 | 1,005 | 1.66 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Independent Party | 408 | 0.67 | 0 | 482 | 0.79 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 other parties | 1,324 | 2.17 | 0 | 2,299 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 61,063 | 100.00 | 31 | 60,675 | 100.00 | 31 | 62 | |
| Valid votes | 61,063 | 98.23 | 60,675 | 97.71 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,098 | 1.77 | 1,425 | 2.29 | ||||
| Total votes | 62,161 | 100.00 | 62,100 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 127,782 | 48.65 | 127,782 | 48.60 | ||||
South African general election, 2014
Results of the
National Assembly election of 2014 for Greater Giyani Local Municipality:[5]
- ANC 89.2%
- EFF 5.3%
- DA 3.2%
- ACDP 0.5%
- COPE 0.4%
- AIC 0.4%
- APC 0.3%
- UDM 0.1%
- AGANG SA 0.1%
- PAC 0.1%
- FF+ 0.1%
- IFP 0.1%
- UCDP 0.0%
- AZAPO 0.0%
- WASP 0.0%
- NFP 0.0%
- UBUNTU 0.0%
- PA0.0%
- BRA0.0%
- KISS 0.0%
- PAM 0.0%
- ICOSA 0.0%
- FN 0.0%
- MF 0.0%
- UNICO 0.0%
- FINLA 0.0%
- PAL 0.0%
- KGM 0.0%
- Al Jama-ah 0.0%
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Greater Giyani". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Home". elections.org.za.
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