Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Mopani District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Phalaborwa.
Main places The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place Code Area (km2)Population Most spoken language Ga-Makhushane 9630129.9213,499Northern Sotho Ga-Mashishimale 963014 13,920 13.35Northern Sotho Ga-Selwana 9630144.655,263Northern Sotho Ga-Maseke 9630154.862,752Northern Sotho Namakgale 96301112.9736,365Northern Sotho Boelang 9630160.43291Northern Sotho
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links Official homepage