Greater Giyani | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in Limpopo | |
| Coordinates: 23°25′S 30°45′E / 23.417°S 30.750°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Mopani |
| Seat | Giyani |
| Wards | 30 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Basani Agnes Shibambu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,172 km2 (1,611 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 244,217 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tsonga | 90.8% |
| • Sepedi | 3.8% |
| • Sotho | 2.6% |
| • Other | 2.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| 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 2001 census divided the municipality into the following 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 mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors 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 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 | |||
| African National Congress | 44,400 | 72.71 | 29 | 46,550 | 76.72 | 18 | 47 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,349 | 7.12 | 0 | 4,789 | 7.89 | 5 | 5 | |
| Independent candidates | 4,713 | 7.72 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| African People's Convention | 2,064 | 3.38 | 0 | 1,688 | 2.78 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,020 | 1.67 | 0 | 1,142 | 1.88 | 1 | 1 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 730 | 1.20 | 0 | 1,303 | 2.15 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mopani Independent Movement | 1,206 | 1.98 | 0 | 793 | 1.31 | 1 | 1 | |
| 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%
- PA 0.0%
- BRA 0.0%
- 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.
External links
This page was last edited on 29 October 2023, at 16:50