Ventersdorp Local Municipality was a local municipality in

Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (; ; ; ), formerly the Southern District Municipality, is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Klerksdorp. As of 2016, a plurality of its 7 ...

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. The seat of local municipality was

Ventersdorp Ventersdorp is a town of about 4,200 people in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It was the seat of the defunct Ventersdorp Local Municipality until 2016. Ventersdorp is centrally located, making it easi ...

. After the

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on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger

JB Marks Local Municipality JB Marks Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Tlokwe and Ventersdorp m ...

Main places

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

Politics

The municipal council consisted of twelve members elected by

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. Six councillors were elected by

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in six wards, while the remaining six were chosen from

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s so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the

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(ANC) won a majority of ten seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

External links

Official Website
Local municipalities of the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality {{NorthWestZA-geo-stub