JB Marks Local Municipality

JB Marks Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by the merging of Tlokwe Local Municipality (which included Potchefstroom) and Ventersdorp Local Municipality.[3]

JB Marks Local Municipality
Local municipality
Map of the North West with JB Marks highlighted
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatPotchefstroom
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor(ANC)
Area
[2]
 • Total6,398 km2 (2,470 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total219,464
 • Density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW405

The municipality was renamed after JB Marks in 2017, following the creation of the new municipality the year before. Other name proposals included Josie Mpama.[4] Marks was born in Ventersdorp while Mpama was born in Potchefstroom.

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-three 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) lost their majority on the municipal council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress24,70248.292424,20947.72933
Democratic Alliance12,95025.31912,88725.40817
Freedom Front Plus6,91013.5116,89013.5889
Economic Freedom Fighters4,5558.9004,6459.1666
Patriotic Alliance1,0682.0901,3212.6022
Independent candidates4500.8800
4 other parties5211.0207811.5400
Total51,156100.003450,733100.003367
Valid votes51,15698.0650,73397.81
Invalid/blank votes1,0131.941,1362.19
Total votes52,169100.0051,869100.00
Registered voters/turnout113,21846.08113,21845.81

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages for the combined municipalities of Tlokwe and Ventersdorp: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.8% IsiNdebele ...[6]

References
  1. "DA to be watchdog of ANC in North West". OFM.
  2. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Tlokwe, Ventersdorp.
  3. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. News24 - New names for Potch municipality. Retrieved on 5 April 2017
  5. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ventersdorp/Tlokwe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. Africa, Statistics South. "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa".

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