Modimolle Local Municipality


Modimolle Local Municipality was a municipality located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Modimolle Local Municipality was Modimolle.
After South African [municipal elections, 2016|municipal elections] on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the new and larger Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Nylstroom15.378,727Afrikaans
Phagameng4.2625,078Sepedi
Vaalwater2.678,337Sepedi
Remainder of the municipality6,205.5730,642Sepedi

Politics

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