Dr JS Moroka Municipality (; ; ) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Siyabuswa. It is named after James Moroka, 8th President-General of the African National Congress.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Dr JS Moroka 81301186.37185Northern Sotho Kameelpoort 813020.931,639Northern Sotho Mbibana 8130316.736,098Northern Sotho Mdutjana 81304260.4484,756Southern Ndebele Moretele 81305915.02112,330Tswana Moutse 2 813064.400 - Siyabuswa 8130713.5626,273Southern Ndebele Toitskraal 813080.47207Southern Ndebele Vaalbank 813093.8511,818Northern Sotho
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty-one 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-three seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election. Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 46,379 46,985 93,364 67.8 30 13 43 11,057 10,784 21,841 15.9 0 10 10 4,257 4,432 8,689 6.3 0 4 4 4,387 – 4,387 3.2 1 – 1 275 1,438 1,713 1.2 0 1 1 675 684 1,359 1.0 0 1 1 508 531 1,039 0.8 0 1 1 366 594 960 0.7 0 1 1 Others 1,811 2,535 4,346 3.2 0 0 0 Total 69,715 67,983 137,698 100.0 31 31 62 Spoilt votes 1,505 1,922 3,427
In a by-election held on 8 January 2019, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate. Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
Party Ward PR list Total 29 13 42 0 10 10 0 4 4 2 – 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 Total 31 31 62
References
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