Thulamela Local Municipality

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Thulamela
Local municipality
Official seal of Thulamela
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Location in Limpopo
Coordinates: 22°57′S 30°29′E / 22.950°S 30.483°E / -22.950; 30.483Coordinates: 22°57′S 30°29′E / 22.950°S 30.483°E / -22.950; 30.483
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceLimpopo
DistrictVhembe
SeatThohoyandou[1]
Wards40
Government
[2]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorT.N. Makumbane[3]
Area
 • Total5,835 km2 (2,253 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[4]
 • Total618,462
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[4]
 • Black African99.3%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[4]
 • Venda63.6%
 • Tsonga32.9%
 • Other3.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeLIM343

The Thulamela Local Municipality is a Local municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Its municipal boundaries were greatly altered after the South African municipal elections, 2016 when much of the area that formerly belonged to the municipality, including the town of Malamulele, was incorporated into the newly formed Collins Chabane Local Municipality. It is named after the Thulamela ruins located near the Pafuri Gate of the Kruger National Park.

Main places[]

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place Code Population Area (km2)
Altein 966225 1,759 2.15
Begwa 966015 2,066 3.32
Bevula 966136 1,787 2.24
Botsoleni 966026 2,002 1.67
Budeli 966163 2,362 9.24
Buluni 966042 382 1.08
Damani 966052 1,336 3.83
Dididi 966180 2,312 2.94
Dimani 966044 807 1.92
Dlamini 966123 146 0.50
Dopeni 966102 6,560 15.15
Doveni 966176 318 1.28
Dumasi 966149 2,154 2.60
Duthuni 966166 6,345 6.70
Dzindi 966192 2,787 2.03
Dzingahe 966121 2,862 2.14
Dzivhadolo 966039 1,566 2.73
Dzwaboni 966021 597 1.87
Dzwerani 966205 5,964 14.12
Fondwe 966105 1,798 4.18
Gaba 966018 6,340 10.44
Gandlanani 966160 3,445 3.83
Gidjana 966189 2,198 1.65
Gonani 966048 372 1.48
Gondeni A 966135 5,391 4.96
Gondeni B 966114 1,471 3.10
Govu 966191 1,486 1.48
Green Farm 966158 3,930 5.94
Ha-Lambani 966007 3,450 18.68
Ha-Matsika 966081 1,120 1.68
Ha-Radali 966079 2,052 2.79
Hatshisele 966151 4,382 3.20
Itsani 966170 11,473 6.89
Jerome 966161 3,413 2.76
Khakhanwa 966188 1,355 1.62
Khakhu 966066 142 0.88
Khalavha 966106 3,237 5.97
Khambela 966095 65 0.52
Khubvi 966051 10,271 11.50
Kruger National Park 966155 55 2935.88
Lambani 966050 1,881 3.92
Lamvi 966050 1,530 9.83
Lufule 966050 1,617 1.38
Lukalo 966050 1,532 2.75
Lutomboni 966050 529 0.75
Luvhimbi 966050 2,296 8.50
Lwamondo 966050 20,218 20.72
Mabaligwe 966050 2,382 1.89
Mabokoro 966050 545 0.41
Madzimu 966050 5,213 3.80
Magomani 966050 2,734 2.34
Mahunguhwi 966050 394 2.54
Makahlule 966050 1,865 1.73
Makhasa 966050 1,121 1.82
Makhumbe 966050 56 1.17
Makhuvha A 966050 1,050 2.29
Makhuvha B 966050 5,394 5.05
Makonde 966050 6,077 12.59
Makovha 966050 2,083 2.36
Makumbane 966050 2,219 2.33
Makumeke 966050 1,429 0.99
Makwarani 966050 867 5.36
Malamangwa 966050 495 2.86
Malamhala 966050 1,211 1.00
Malavuwe 966050 2,362 2.78
Manamane 966050 2,897 3.71
Maname 966050 204 0.93
Mandala 966050 3,078 3.51
Manele 966050 1,658 1.60
Mangondi A 966050 2,373 5.33
Mangondi B 966050 1,275 1.88
Manyuwa 966050 135 1.29
Manzemba 966050 608 1.26
Mapate 966050 3,608 3.57
Maranzhe 966050 1,764 3.61
Maraxwe 966050 943 1.03
Mashawana 966050 551 1.21
Mashobye 966050 1,638 1.70
Masiwane 966050 1,257 1.98
Matangari 966050 4,062 7.63
Maungani 966050 7,271 7.487
Mavhuwa 966050 55 1.12
Mavunde 966050 1,573 3.84
Mbahe 966050 982 2.99
Mbahela 966050 852 0.81
Mbilwi 966050 5,077 3.73
Mianzwi 966050 1,928 2.39
Milaboni 966050 343 0.81
Mphego 966050 3,003 2.36
Mubvumoni 966050 2,086 5.15
Mudunungu 966050 1,366 1.35
Mudzidzidzi 966050 400 1.08
Muhotoni 966050 672 0.73
Muhuyu 966050 698 1.25
Mukhomi 966050 3,810 3.24
Mukomasiandu 966050 764 1.28
Mukondeni 966050 61 1.09
Mukula 966050 8,209 10.41
Mukumbani 966050 2,431 3.04
Mulenzhe 966050 2,566 9.03
Munangwe 966050 365 0.46
Muraga 966050 1,472 2.29
Mushiru 966050 647 1.21
Mu-toti 966050 904 1.85
Mutshenzheni 966050 1,062 3.61
Mutshetshe 966050 673 1.05
Mvelaphanda 966050 1,563 1.11
Nghomunghom 966050 1,799 1.20
Ngovhela 966050 6,296 7.82
Ngudza 966050 2,855 3.74
Ngwenani 966050 6,254 7.15
Nsimbhi 966050 1,885 1.64
Ntlhaveni A 966050 2,323 2.27
Ntlhaveni B 966050 1,854 1.58
Nyavhani 966050 1,568 1.30
Peninghotsa 966050 803 1.09
Phaphazela 966050 4,965 5.59
Phaswana 966050 1,513 1.61
Phaweni 966050 1,734 1.55
Phiphidi 966050 9,795 9.99
Phugeni 966050 1,512 1.35
Phugwane 966050 1,100 1.36
Roadhouse 966050 3,710 4.19
Salani 966050 2,329 2.24
Salema 966050 3,540 2.59
Sambandou 966050 826 2.03
Saselamani 966050 3,727 1.84
Shanzha 966050 631 3.05
Shayandima 966050 10,259 6.15
Shigalo 966050 7,670 6.80
Shikundu 966050 1,953 2.09
Shingwidzi 966050 11 0.86
Siambe 966050 2,565 3.29
Sindande 966050 70 1.38
Sterkstroom 966050 39 0.05
Tambaulate 966050 269 0.85
Thathe Vondo 966050 94 0.65
Thembaluvhilo 966050 43 0.09
Thenzheni 966050 1,845 2.62
Thohoyandou 966050 69,453 42.62
Thononda 966050 1,944 2.43
Thulamela NU 966050 1,399 2140.39
Tshabvuma 966050 2,168 1.93
Tshamutavha 966050 184 0.81
Tshamutilikwa 966050 814 1.06
Tshaulu 966050 2,077 2.49
Tshiavha 966050 126 0.09
Tshidimbini 966050 2,501 2.47
Tshidzate 966050 781 0.81
Tshidzini 966050 3,852 7.22
Tshidzivhe 966050 845 2.19
Tshififi 966050 2,468 4.15
Tshifudi 966050 2,343 3.47
Tshihalwe 966050 568 0.78
Tshiheni 966050 1,435 4.97
Tshiiwani 966050 227 1.10
Tshikambe 966050 471 1.16
Tshikhudini 966050 1,464 1.29
Tshikombani 966050 4,084 4.29
Tshikonelo 966050 4,809 7.20
Tshikovha 966050 2,074 1.75
Tshikunda 966050 2,177 2.93
Tshikweta 966050 814 0.54
Tshilapfene 966050 1,495 2.01
Tshilungoma 966050 2,526 3.13
Tshilungwi 966050 663 1.40
Tshiombo 966050 1,415 1.58
Tshipako 966050 800 2.17
Tshirenzheni 966050 1,248 2.08
Tshisahulu 966050 7,342 5.97
Tshisinise 966050 81 0.17
Tshitanini 966050 227 1.02
Tshitavha 966050 2,123 3.51
Tshitereke 966050 5,788 7.40
Tshithuthuni 966050 2,031 2.84
Tshivhilidulu 966050 1,339 2.35
Tshivhilwi 966050 4,334 5.00
Tshivhulani 966050 2,675 2.13
Tswera 966050 1,001 2.23
Tswinga 966050 3,948 6.41
Vhudimbilu 966050 658 1.64
Vhufuli 966050 3,626 4.23
Vhurivhuri 966050 2,215 7.49
Vhutalu 966050 430 0.93
Vondo 966050 766 1.98
Vondwe 966050 6,521 5.95
Xaswita 966050 680 0.84

Politics[]

The municipal council consists of eighty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty 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 sixty-four seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 80,661 81,728 162,389 78.8 41 23 64
EFF 10,193 10,346 20,539 10.0 0 8 8
Democratic Alliance 4,776 4,806 9,582 4.7 0 4 4
PAC 2,315 2,151 4,466 2.2 0 2 2
Independent 1,714 – 1,714 0.8 0 – 0
ACDP 768 737 1,505 0.7 0 1 1
International Revelation Congress 657 770 1,427 0.7 0 1 1
COPE 746 662 1,408 0.7 0 1 1
Others 1,297 1,795 3,092 1.5 0 0 0
Total 103,127 102,995 206,122 100.0 41 40 81
Spoilt votes 1,030 1,080 2,110

References[]

  1. ^ "Introduction". Thulamela Local Municipality. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ "The Mayor". Thulamela Local Municipality. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ adrianfrith.com from Statistics South Africa
  6. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thulamela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Thulamela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

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