Seat Mmashadi Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 2,097 km² Black african population 99.7% | Wards 31 Municipal code LIM473 White population 0.1% Native zulu speakers 1.4% | |
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Makhuduthamaga is a municipality in Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
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The name is derived from the liberatory name given to those who supported the anti-apartheid struggle in Sekhukhuneland in the 1950s. Makhuduthamaga waged a war against the white commissioner and his assailants, Marentsara.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-two 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-one 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 forty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.