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Lekwa Teemane Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Wards
  
7

Municipal code
  
NW396

White population
  
10.4%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
17.8%

Native tswana speakers
  
64.4%

Seat
  
Christiana

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
3,681 kmĀ²

Black african population
  
81.2%

Native sotho speakers
  
6%

Province
  
North West

Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality

District
  
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati

Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Christiana.

Contents

Map of Christiana, South Africa

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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 ten seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.

References

Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality Wikipedia