Collins Chabane Local Municipality

Collins Chabane Municipality (Tsonga: Masipala wa Collins Chabane; Venda: Masipalawapo wa Collins Chabane) is a local municipality within the Vhembe District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging portions of the Thulamela and Makhado local municipalities. Malamulele is the seat of the municipality.

Collins Chabane
Local municipality
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Vhembe
Seat	Malamulele
Government
• Type	Municipal council
Area
• Total	5,003 km2 (1,932 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	328,636
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	LIM345

Main places

Place	Population	Area (km2)
Basani	3,408	4.39
Bulwini	2,474	2.35
Gandlanani	3,445	3.83
Gijamhandzeni	1,153	1.55
Gumbani	2,229	2.16
Hasane	2,710	2.97
Jimmy Jones	3,371	3.17
Lulamani	61	0.11
Machele	1,192	1.03
Madonsi	3,220	3.05
Makuleke	4,502	3.31
Malamulele	13,070	9.57
Mapimele	467	0.40
Mavambe	4,133	5.28
Mavunda A	388	0.3
Mtititi	3,341	3.56
Ka-Bazela SP	1,252	1.26
Ka-Dinga	2,122	1.31
Ka-Hasane	1,927	1.74
Ka-Jilongo	3,117	2.82
Ka-Mabayeni	1,361	1.95
Ka-Mahonisi	3,748	2.57
Ka-Mapapila	1,730	1.43
Ka-Matiani	3,073	3.62
Ka-Matsakali	1,505	1.28
Nhombelani	1,207	2.13
Ka-Mchipise	3,203	4.95
Ka-Mdabula	808	0.61
Ka-Mhinga	10,524	7.28
Ka-Mphambo	3,714	3.03
Ka-Mulamula	3,068	3.06
Ka-Muswane	2,165	2.87
Ka-Nkovani Shaswita	5,438	3.95
Ka-Nghezimani	2,170	2.83
Ka-Nyavani	305	0.68
Ka-Sunduza	3,774	2.85
Nkavele	2,483	2.11
Ka-Xigamani	2,055	1.95
Ka-Xihosana	2,546	2.81
Ka-Xikundu	4,452	4.36
Ka-Xikundu B	1,412	1.04
Ka-Xitlhelani	4,629	5.15

Politics

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

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	59,191	59,499	118,690	84.1	35	25	60
	EFF	6,148	6,216	12,364	8.8	0	6	6
	DA	1,704	1,752	3,456	2.5	0	2	2
	Independent	1,646	–	1,646	1.2	1	–	1
	Ximoko Party	619	732	1,351	1.0	0	1	1
	ACDP	346	945	1,291	0.9	0	1	1
	COPE	466	376	842	0.6	0	0	0
	APC	109	382	491	0.4	0	0	0
	Malamulele Community Association	155	274	429	0.3	0	0	0
	South African United Party	136	184	320	0.2	0	0	0
	PAC	42	101	143	0.1	0	0	0
	Agang SA	10	31	41	0.0	0	0	0
Total		70,572	70,492	141,064	100.0	36	35	71
Spoilt votes		1,008	1,045	2,053

Business

With the establishment of the new municipality called Collins Chabane Local Municipality in Vhembe District, Limpopo, a new business chamber called "Collins Chabane Chamber of Business" was established and launched formally in August 2017. Collins Chabane Chamber of Business (CCCB) is a Non-profit organization formed by the coming together of the already existing business Forums in Malamulele and Hlanganani-Vuwani areas to form a formidable entity on a municipal level, while maintaining their original and distinct purposes of driving business on an area and nodal-point levels. The former two forums have now become local area forums within the Collins Chabane Chamber of Business. The Chamber of business is responsible for the authentication of local businesses and the protection of member's rights and benefits within the local empowerment drive.

A Chamber of Business is a form of an independent, non-political, subscription-based association or business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community. The chamber of Business is an organization of citizens who are investing their time and money in a community development program-working together to improve the economic, civic, and cultural wellbeing of the area. There are two primary functions of a chamber of Business: first, it acts as a spokesman for the business and professional community and translates the group thinking of its members into action; secondly, it renders a specific product or services type that can be most effectively be beneficial by a community organization and to its members as a whole.

The Collins Chabane Chamber of Business is divided into two local forums (Malamulele and Hlanganai-Vuwani) and seven (7) nodal points (or economic hubs). The Malamulele local area consists of five nodal points, while Hlanganani-Vuwani local area has two nodal points. The chamber has a board of Directors consisting of members from the local areas, while the local areas has an executive consisting of members from their nodal points. Local businesses are the members that elect the local forums’ executives, and the executives elect the board of directors to set policy/constitution for the chambers.

The Collins Chabane Chamber of Business is structures to have a 7-member Executive Board who are part of a 16-member Board of directors which is also part of a Council, and the Leadership as of 2017 is as follows: