Country South Africa Wards 26 Municipal code NW394 White population 0.4% Native english speakers 1.5% Native tswana speakers 90.3% | Seat Taung Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 5,635 km² Black african population 98.2% Native sotho speakers 1.5% Province North West | |
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District Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | ||
Greater Taung Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Taung.
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Map of Reivilo, South Africa
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-five 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.