Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality

Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Lepelle-Nkumpi) is a local municipality within the Capricorn District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Lebowakgomo.

Lepelle-Nkumpi
Local municipality
Official seal of Lepelle-Nkumpi
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 24°15′S 29°40′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictCapricorn
SeatLebowakgomo
Wards29
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMeriam Molala
Area
 • Total3,463 km2 (1,337 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total230,350
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African99.6%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Northern Sotho86.9%
 • Southern Ndebele4.6%
 • Tsonga3.8%
 • Other4.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM355

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bakgaga Ba Mphahlele91301591.1671,646Northern Sotho
Batau Ba Seloane9130296.246,457Northern Sotho
Ditlou Ntshong9130385.165,334Northern Sotho
Lebowakgomo91304183.4626,190Northern Sotho
Mafefe91306364.6711,312Northern Soth
Mathabatha913070.34444Northern Sotho
Mokerong913080.791,573Northern Sotho
Ndlovu913091.671,878Southern Ndebele
Thabamoopo91310239.516,438Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 191311502.1595,107Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 2913121.41179Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality913051,388.221,402Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining thirty 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 forty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress28,29261.413029,87165.951040
Economic Freedom Fighters8,02517.4208,78119.391212
Defenders of the People2,7896.0502,9036.4144
Independent candidates3,9318.5300
Democratic Alliance1,2842.7901,3873.0622
Magoshi Swaranang Movement3990.8704761.0511
Lebowakgomo Civic Organization2640.5704360.9611
8 other parties1,0902.3701,4423.1800
Total46,074100.003045,296100.003060
Valid votes46,07498.0245,29696.90
Invalid/blank votes9301.981,4473.10
Total votes47,004100.0046,743100.00
Registered voters/turnout108,73843.23108,73842.99

Corruption

In late 2023, Thabo Ben Mothogoane, the municipality's former municipal manager, and Rosina Mangaka Ngoveni, the former chief financial officer, were arrested in connection with the fraud at VBS Bank[5]


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 — Lepelle-Nkumpi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  5. Ledwaba, Neesa Moodley, Vincent Cruywagen and Lucas (2024-02-03). "The VBS scandal six years on - the R2bn fraud, the R500m settlement and the plight of victims". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2024-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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