- Source: Mogalakwena Local Municipality
Mogalakwena Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Mogalakwena) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It's named after the mogalakwena river which comes from the babina Kwena fierce Nile crocodile. The seat is Mokopane. The area constitute of a cosmopolitan of different chiefdoms : mainly bakone (masenya le Matlala ) , Lebelo kgomo, transvaal Ndebele Langa & Kekana, phokela , Lekalekale , babirwa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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-two seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
See also
Mogalakwena River
References
External links
Official homepage
Mogalakwena (LIM 367) Proposed Ward
MDB Proposal for Mogalakwena Local Municipality