Greater Tzaneen Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Tzaneen.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Bakgaga Ba Maake 9030114.3712,651Northern Sotho Bakgage 9030214.5414,923Northern Sotho Vankuna 90303448.79151,014Tsonga Batlhabine Ba Magoboya 9030465.2617,883Northern Sotho Dwarsfontein 903050.45983Northern Sotho Haenertsburg 903071.04481English Letsitele 903081.16310Afrikaans Modjadji 90309315.6984,386Northern Sotho N'wamitwa 90310165.7836,344Tsonga Nyavana 9031144.368,783Tsonga Tzaneen 9031218.806,959Afrikaans Remainder of the municipality 903062,149.5440,856Northern Sotho
Politics The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 (ANC) won a majority of fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 70,135 71,135 141,270 75.2 33 19 52 10,717 11,222 21,939 11.7 0 8 8 8,520 8,672 17,192 9.2 2 5 7 1,017 1,078 2,095 1.1 0 1 1 1,616 – 1,616 0.9 0 – 0 731 707 1,438 0.8 0 1 1 443 403 846 0.4 0 0 0 165 418 583 0.3 0 0 0 147 206 353 0.2 0 0 0 105 192 297 0.2 0 0 0 48 88 136 0.1 0 0 0 18 66 84 0.0 0 0 0 Total 93,662 94,187 187,849 100.0 35 34 69 Spoilt votes 1,162 1,288 2,450
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