Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality
Makhuduthamaga is a municipality in Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
The name is derived from the liberatory name given to those who supported the anti-apartheid struggle in Sekhukhuneland in the 1950s. Makhuduthamaga waged a war against the white commissioner and his assailants, Marentsara.The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
Kwena Madihlaba | | 64.20 | 16,807 | Sepedi |
Kwena Mashabela | | 81.55 | 5,261 | Sepedi |
Mampane | | 5.13 | 6,257 | Sepedi |
Masemola | | 439.21 | 33,403 | Sepedi |
Matlala | | 2.28 | 1,481 | Sepedi |
Morwangwato | | 309.91 | 17,208 | Sepedi |
Ndebele | | 1.63 | 894 | Sepedi |
Pedi Mamone | | 259.95 | 44,324 | Sepedi |
Phokwane | | 249.09 | 41,630 | Sepedi |
Roka Phasha Phokoane | | 95.88 | 8,853 | Sepedi |
SMN | | 574.06 | 82,018 | Sepedi |
Tisane | | 17.10 | 3,777 | Sepedi |
Vergelegen | | 0.57 | 979 | Sepedi |
Ga-Mohlala | | 2.57 | 4.566 | Sepedi |
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 3 August 2016, the African National Congress won a majority of forty-three seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.