Musina Local Municipality


Musina Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Vhembe District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the northernmost local municipality in South Africa. It borders Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The seat is Musina.

Sub places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following Sub Places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Baobab Tree Reserve84.13189Venda
Bergview East0.47423Venda
Bergview West0.4144Venda
Lost City0.57747Venda
Mushongoville2.543,008Venda
Musina Ext50.191,906Venda
Musina Mine3.5357Venda
Musina SP7.514,423Venda
Nancefield5.8231,133Venda
Nancefield Ext 20.15674Venda
SMG Military Base6.3573Venda

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining twelve are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 [South African municipal elections|election of 1 November 2021] the African National Congress won a majority of nineteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.