Tlokwe Local Municipality (before February 2007, Potchefstroom Local Municipality) was a
local municipality in
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality,
North West Province,
South Africa
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. The seat was
Potchefstroom. After the
municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger
JB Marks Local Municipality.
The most widely accepted theory on the origin of the name Potchefstroom is that the name is composed of three words: Potgieter, chef and stroom. The first syllable is that of
Potgieter Potgieter is a Germanic occupational surname, equivalent to the English surname Potter.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Barend Potgieter (born 1994) South African rugby loosehead prop
* Bradley Potgieter (born 1989), South African rac ...
, the second from the fact that he was a "chef" or a leader of the emigrants, and the third signifying the
Mooi River. The complete name "Potgieter" was gradually shortened to "Pot".
In The News
In February 2013, then mayor of Tlokwe, prof. Annette Combrink declared that she would refuse to use the new official vehicle that was delivered to her. It was a customized Mercedes-Benz C350 CDI, worth R736,000.-, that the ANC ruled council had ordered in July 2012 for the previous mayor Maphetle Maphetle. Combrink represents the opposition Democratic Alliance but was elected mayor due to disagreements in the ANC led council. She declared to be quite happy to use her nine-year-old Volkswagen Passat instead, in view of the poverty in the municipality. The ANC declared that they plan to unseat the mayor as soon as possible.
Main places
The
2001 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Rivers
* Ensel Spruit
* Kromdraai Spruit
* Loop Spruit
*
Mooi River
* Rooikraal Spruit
*
Vaal River
Dams
*
Boskop Dam
*
Klipdrift Dam
*
Modder Dam
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*
Poortjies Dam
*
Potchefstroom Dam
Potchefstroom Dam is a water reservoir (dam) on the Mooi River, on the northern boundary of Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa. It was established in 1950.
See also
* List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
* List of rivers of South Af ...
Politics
The municipal council consisted of fifty-two members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors were elected by
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
in twenty-six
wards, while the remaining twenty-six were chosen from
party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the
election of 18 May 2011 the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
(ANC) won a majority of thirty seats in the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links
Official website
{{Municipalities of the North West
Local municipalities of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality