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Tsantsabane Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Seat
  
Postmasburg

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
18,333 kmĀ²

Black african population
  
52.8%

Native english speakers
  
2.3%

Province
  
Northern Cape

District
  
ZF Mgcawu

Wards
  
6

Municipal code
  
NC085

White population
  
8.4%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
55.2%

Native tswana speakers
  
33.2%

Tsantsabane Local Municipality

Tsantsabane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa.

Contents

Map of Postmasburg, South Africa

Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones (e.g. the hematite).

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Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining 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 six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

Tsantsabane Local Municipality Wikipedia