Blouberg Local Municipality
Blouberg Local Municipality is a municipality in the Limpopo Province, northern South Africa, bordering Botswana. It takes its name from the Blouberg, a mountain range located to the west of the western end of the Soutpansberg mountain range, north west of the town of Vivo. Blouberg is home to some of the most spectacular rock climbing in South Africa. The rock climbing destination is famous for its big wall natural climbing with route lengths up to 350m. The vegetation ranges from sub-tropical savanna at the base, to alpine near the summit.
Demography
According to the 2001 census conducted by Statistics South Africa, the population of the greater Blouberg municipality was 161,314, of whom 99.4% are African, 0.5% white, 0.1% Coloured and 0.1% Asian.Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Alldays | 11.75 | 385 | Northern Sotho | |
| Bahanawa | 390.17 | 19,068 | Northern Sotho | |
| Bahanawa-Ba-Kibi | 163.78 | 7,763 | Northern Sotho | |
| Bochum Part 1 | 4.33 | 8,501 | Northern Sotho | |
| Bochum Part 2 | 182.33 | 15,911 | Northern Sotho | |
| Dichoeng | 58.29 | 17,347 | Northern Sotho | |
| Ga-Manthata | 1,335.47 | 72,175 | Northern Sotho | |
| Ga-Matlala | 180.83 | 8,697 | Northern Sotho | |
| Ga-Ramutla | 7.81 | 1,047 | Northern Sotho | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 2,198.72 | 5,539 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-two wards, while the remaining twenty-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of thirty-three seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.