Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality

Makhuduthamaga Municipality (Northern Sotho:Mmasepala wa Makhuduthamaga) is a local municipality within Sekhukhune District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Kwena Madihlaba		64.20	16,807	Sepedi
Kwena Mashabela		81.55	5,261	Sepedi
Mampane		5.13	6,257	Sepedi
Masemola		439.21	33,403	Sepedi
Matlala		2.28	1,481	Sepedi
Morwangwato		309.91	17,208	Sepedi
Ndebele		1.63	894	Sepedi
Pedi Mamone		259.95	44,324	Sepedi
Phokwane		249.09	41,630	Sepedi
Roka Phasha Phokoane		95.88	8,853	Sepedi
SMN		574.06	82,018	Sepedi
Tisane		17.10	3,777	Sepedi
Vergelegen		0.57	979	Sepedi
Ga-Mohlala		2.57	4.566	Sepedi
Ga-Seopela	92011	776,6	14.376	Sepedi

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.

Party	Votes	Seats
Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	42,671	46,667	85,338	68.0	31	12	43
	EFF	13,652	13,641	27,293	21.7	0	14	14
	DA	2,157	2,102	4,259	3.4	0	2	2
	African People's Socialist Party	1,130	1,068	2,198	1.8	0	1	1
	AZAPO	718	780	1,498	1.2	0	1	1
	South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association	706	711	1,417	1.1	0	1	1
	Independent	931	–	931	0.7	0	–	0
	Others	1,014	1,635	2,649	2.1	0	0	0
Total	62,979	62,604	125,583	100.0	31	31	62
Spoilt votes	1,070	1,276	2,346