Bela-Bela Municipality (; ; ; ) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Bela-Bela. The municipality lies north of Hammanskraal. It is the only municipality in South Africa that straddles 4 provinces.
Bela is a Setswana word meaning "to boil", referring to the hot water springs found in the area. South African Languages - Place names
Main places The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Bela-Bela 98100323.2945,001 Bela-Bela NU 9810023,373.7313,616 Pienaarsrivier 9810092.061,897 Rapotokwane 9810072.172,787 Rust De Winter 9810080.38105 Settlers 9810051.17819 Vingerkraal 9810011.14827 Welgegund Village 9810061.941,448
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by a system of first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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) won a majority of ten seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links Official homepage