Local municipality in North West, South Africa
JB Marks Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa JB Marks ; Afrikaans : JB Marks Munisipaliteit ) is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality , in the North West province of South Africa . It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Tlokwe and Ventersdorp municipalities.[ 5]
The municipality was renamed after JB Marks in 2017, following the creation of the new municipality the year before. Other name proposals included Josie Mpama .[ 6] Ventersdorp while Mpama was born in Potchefstroom .
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation . Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards , while the remaining thirty-three 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) lost their majority on the municipal council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[ 7]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 24,702 48.29 24 24,209 47.72 9 33 Democratic Alliance 12,950 25.31 9 12,887 25.40 8 17 Freedom Front Plus 6,910 13.51 1 6,890 13.58 8 9 Economic Freedom Fighters 4,555 8.90 0 4,645 9.16 6 6 Patriotic Alliance 1,068 2.09 0 1,321 2.60 2 2 Independent candidates 450 0.88 0 0 4 other parties 521 1.02 0 781 1.54 0 0 Total 51,156 100.00 34 50,733 100.00 33 67 Valid votes 51,156 98.06 50,733 97.81 Invalid/blank votes 1,013 1.94 1,136 2.19 Total votes 52,169 100.00 51,869 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 113,218 46.08 113,218 45.81
Languages
The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages for the combined municipalities of Tlokwe and Ventersdorp:
67.1% Setswana;
17.4% Afrikaans;
4.2% English;
1.4% IsiZulu;
1.3% Sesotho;
1.0% IsiXhosa;
0.8% IsiNdebele [ 8]
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