Maruleng Local Municipality
Maruleng | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
.svg) Location in Limpopo | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Mopani |
| Seat | Hoedspruit |
| Wards | 14 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Thobejane M.H |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,244 km2 (1,253 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 94,857 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 95.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 3.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 89.7% |
| • Tsonga | 3.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 2.7% |
| • English | 1.6% |
| • Other | 3.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM335 |
Maruleng Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Maruleng) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Hoedspruit.
Main places
[edit]The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banereng Ba Letsoalo | 92201 | 122.29 | 6,752 | Northern Sotho |
| Banereng Ba Sekororo | 92202 | 210.51 | 35,268 | Northern Sotho |
| Hoedspruit | 92203 | 7.17 | 2,052 | Afrikaans |
| Letaba | 92204 | 21.58 | 2,483 | Northern Sotho |
| Mametja | 92205 | 316.08 | 26,702 | Northern Sotho |
| Naphuno | 92207 | 10.36 | 8,188 | Northern Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | 92206 | 2,543.64 | 12,929 | Tsonga |
Politics
[edit]The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 fifteen 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 | 15,777 | 49.94 | 11 | 17,922 | 59.18 | 4 | 15 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,973 | 9.41 | 0 | 4,765 | 15.73 | 4 | 4 | |
| Independent candidates | 6,833 | 21.63 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Civic Warriors | 2,802 | 8.87 | 0 | 3,197 | 10.56 | 3 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,066 | 6.54 | 1 | 2,728 | 9.01 | 1 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 489 | 1.55 | 0 | 521 | 1.72 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 other parties | 655 | 2.07 | 0 | 1,152 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 31,595 | 100.00 | 14 | 30,285 | 100.00 | 13 | 27 | |
| Valid votes | 31,595 | 98.58 | 30,285 | 96.94 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 454 | 1.42 | 957 | 3.06 | ||||
| Total votes | 32,049 | 100.00 | 31,242 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 54,886 | 58.39 | 54,886 | 56.92 | ||||
Corruption
[edit]In 2018, the Municipal Manager of Maruleng, Sutane Johannes Lethole, was accused of outsourcing the rental of a single truck for waste removal waste removal at R500 000 per month, with a 15% annual escalation.[5] Lethole was also alleged to have increased his own salary to R1.1 million a month, with a cellphone allowance of R2063, without council approval. Lethole resigned after the Democratic Alliance and Civic Warriors of Maruleng brought the corruption to light. [6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "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 — Maruleng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ Import, Pongrass (2018-01-26). "HOEDSPRUIT: Under resourced municipality pays R6million for waste removal". Letaba Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "'Virtually bankrupt' municipality's manager to be suspended soon". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ Matlala, Alex Japho (2018-07-10). "'Good riddance' to Limpopo municipal boss forced to resign". The Citizen. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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