Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality

Elias Motsoaledi Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Elias Motsoaledi; Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi ye Elias Motsoaledi), formerly the Greater Groblersdal Municipality, is a local municipality within the Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of is Groblersdal. It is named in honour of the Elias Motsoaledi.

Elias Motsoaledi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Limpopo
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Seat	Groblersdal
Wards	30
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor Cllr David Magetle Tladi	David Magetle Tladi (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,713 km2 (1,434 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	249,363
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	97.9%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	1.6%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Northern Sotho	58.9%
• Southern Ndebele	14.9%
• Zulu	8.9%
• Tswana	6.2%
• Other	11.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	LIM472

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[3]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bakwena	98401	0.35	682	Northern Sotho
Barokgoga Bakopa	98402	0.39	756	Northern Sotho
Greater Groblersdal	98403	146.78	2,556	Northern Sotho
Groblersdal	88402	6.26	2,480	Afrikaans
Mathula	88403	67.91	17,576	Southern Ndebele
Matsepe	98404	4.74	1,179	Northern Sotho
Motetema Part 1	98405	1.09	3,739	Northern Sotho
Motetema Part 2	88404	0.60	767	Northern Sotho
Moutse 3 Part 1	98406	0.39	935	Northern Sotho
Moutse 3 Part 2	88405	324.85	97,618	Northern Sotho
Ndebele	98407	220.83	48,914	Northern Sotho
Nebo	98408	142.06	31,888	Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	88401	2,757.08	11,646	Northern Sotho

Politics

Main article: Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-one wards, while the remaining thirty 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 36 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[4]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	27,547	57.80	27	27,729	58.66	9	36
	Economic Freedom Fighters	10,110	21.21	3	10,395	21.99	11	14
	Democratic Alliance	2,984	6.26	1	3,063	6.48	3	4
	Bolsheviks Party of South Africa	1,612	3.38	0	1,573	3.33	2	2
	Mpumalanga Party	1,419	2.98	0	1,544	3.27	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	860	1.80	0	782	1.65	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,006	2.11	0				0
	Answer for Community	468	0.98	0	441	0.93	1	1
	Dennilton Residents Association	351	0.74	0	330	0.70	1	1
	12 other parties	1,302	2.73	0	1,415	2.99	0	0
Total		47,659	100.00	31	47,272	100.00	30	61
Valid votes		47,659	98.05		47,272	97.67
Invalid/blank votes		950	1.95		1,126	2.33
Total votes		48,609	100.00		48,398	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		120,057	40.49		120,057	40.31