Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality


Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, is located in the Capricorn District Municipality, of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat is Lebowakgomo.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Bakgaga Ba Mphahlele591.1671,646Northern Sotho
Batau Ba Seloane96.246,457Northern Sotho
Ditlou Ntshong85.165,334Northern Sotho
Lebowakgomo183.4626,190Northern Sotho
Mafefe364.6711,312Northern Soth
Mathabatha0.34444Northern Sotho
Mokerong0.791,573Northern Sotho
Ndlovu1.671,878Southern Ndebele
Thabamoopo239.516,438Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 1502.1595,107Northern Sotho
Zebediela Part 21.41179Northern Sotho
Remainder of the municipality1,388.221,402Northern Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty wards, while the remaining thirtyy 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 won a majority of forty seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.