Greater Taung Municipality () is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Taung.
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 Batlhaping Ba Ga Maidi 61401483.3826,424Tswana Batlhaping Ba Ga Mothibi 61402811.5030,810Tswana Batlhaping Ba Ga Phuduhutswana 614031,193.50107,870Tswana Batlhaping Ba Ga Phudutswana 614042.763,337Tswana Boipelo 614053.813,568Tswana Motsweding 614079.553,255Tswana Pudimoe 614082.803,718Tswana Reivilo 6140927.2821Tswana Remainder of the municipality 614063,106.083,159Tswana
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links Official site