Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Dr JS Moroka

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Dr JS Moroka_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of Mpumalanga with Dr JS Moroka highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in Mpumalanga

| map_caption = Location in Mpumalanga

|coordinates = {{coord|25|5|S|28|50|E|region:ZA_type:adm3rd_dim:80km |display=inline, title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Mpumalanga

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Nkangala

| seat = Siyabuswa

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 31

| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Grace Tinny Mthimunye

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1416

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 249705

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 99.4%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 0.1%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Southern Ndebele}}

| demographics2_info1 = 36.2%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Northern Sotho}}

| demographics2_info2 = 30.7%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Tswana}}

| demographics2_info3 = 17.3%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Tsonga}}

| demographics2_info4 = 5.0%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 10.8%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = MP316

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Dr JS Moroka Municipality ({{langx|nr|UMasipaladi weDr JS Moroka}}; {{langx|nso|Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka}}; {{langx|tn|Mmasepala wa Dr JS Moroka}}) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Siyabuswa. It is named after James Moroka, 8th President-General of the African National Congress.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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! Place !! Code !! Area (km2)!! Population !! Most spoken language

Dr JS Moroka[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81301 81301]186.37185Northern Sotho
Kameelpoort[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81302 81302]0.931,639Northern Sotho
Mbibana[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81303 81303]16.736,098Northern Sotho
Mdutjana[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81304 81304]260.4484,756Southern Ndebele
Moretele[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81305 81305]915.02112,330Tswana
Moutse 2[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81306 81306]4.400-
Siyabuswa[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81307 81307]13.5626,273Southern Ndebele
Toitskraal[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81308 81308]0.47207Southern Ndebele
Vaalbank[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81309 81309]3.8511,818Northern Sotho

Politics

{{main|Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of sixty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-one 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 2016 election.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/MP/MP316.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Dr JS Moroka |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=19 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/MP/MP316.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Dr JS Moroka |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=19 March 2017}}

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!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party !!colspan="4" align="center"| Votes !!colspan="3" align="center"| Seats

WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Party name with colour |African National Congress}}

| 46,379

46,98593,36467.8301343
{{Party name with colour |Economic Freedom Fighters}}

| 11,057

10,78421,84115.901010
{{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 4,257

4,4328,6896.3044
{{Party name with colour |Independent (politics)}}

| 4,387

4,3873.211
{{Party name with colour |African Independent Congress}}

| 275

1,4381,7131.2011
{{Party name with colour |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 675

6841,3591.0011
{{Party name with colour |Forum 4 Service Delivery |colour=lightgrey |shortname=Forum 4 Service Delivery}}

| 508

5311,0390.8011
{{Party name with colour |African People's Convention}}

| 366

5949600.7011
style="background-color:white"|style="text-align:left"| Others

| 1,811

2,5354,3463.2000
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 69,715

67,983137,698100.0313162
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 1,505

1,9223,427

In a by-election held on 8 January 2019, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.{{cite news |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/independent-candidate-supported-by-f4sd-snatches-mpumalanga-ward-from-anc-18757170 |title=Independent candidate supported by F4SD snatches Mpumalanga ward from ANC |publisher=Independent Online |date= 9 January 2019}} Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

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colspan=2| Party

! Ward

PR listTotal
{{Party name with colour |African National Congress}}

| 29

1342
{{Party name with colour |Economic Freedom Fighters}}

| 0

1010
{{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 0

44
{{Party name with colour |Independent (politics)}}

| 2

2
{{Party name with colour |African Independent Congress}}

| 0

11
{{Party name with colour |African People's Convention}}

| 0

11
{{Party name with colour |Forum 4 Service Delivery |colour=lightgrey |shortname=Forum 4 Service Delivery}}

| 0

11
{{Party name with colour |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 0

11
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 31

3162

References

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