Country South Africa Seat Tzaneen Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 3,243 km² Black african population 96.4% Native sotho speakers 4.3% | District Mopani Wards 34 Municipal code LIM333 White population 3% Native afrikaans speakers 2.6% Province Limpopo | |
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Points of interest Magoebaskloof, Modjadji Nature Reserve, Cheerio Gardens, Agatha Crocodile Ranch, Magoebaskloof Adventures | ||
Greater tzaneen local municipality
Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Tzaneen.
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Map of Tzaneen, South Africa
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-two seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.