Thabazimbi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Waterberg District of

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Thabazimbi Thabazimbi is an iron mining town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The town is at the feet of the Ysterberg and is surrounded by the Witfonteinrand and Boshofberg with the majestic Kransberg in the background. The name Thabazimbi means ...

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name meaning "iron mountain". The Zulu and Nyasa speaking people worked on this mountain to mine iron.

Main places

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

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by

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