Mutale Local Municipality was a municipality located in the Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Mutale Local Municipality was Mutale. It is now part of Thulamela and Musina Local Municipalities.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Makuya469.385,948Venda
Manenzhe124.943,902Venda
Moletele140.962,229Venda
Mphaphuli1.83449Venda
Rambuda600.9227,610Venda
Thengwe282.7124,812Venda
Tshikondeni Mine0.95512Afrikaans
Tshikundamalema667.8013,471Venda

Politics

The municipal council consisted of twenty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirteen councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirteen wards, while the remaining thirteen were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC19,82620,25440,08086.2131023
DA9531,1222,0754.5011
COPE3557501,1052.4011
PAC5143969101.9011
AZAPO4503818311.8000
Independent8238231.800
ACDP3463336791.5000
Total23,26723,23646,503100.0131326
Spoilt votes274226500

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