Bela-Bela Local Municipality
Bela-Bela Local Municipality is located in the Waterberg District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Bela-Bela Local Municipality is Bela-Bela.
"Bela" is a Sesotho word meaning "to boil", referring to the hot water springs found in the area.The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Bela-Bela | | 23.29 | 45,001 |
| Bela-Bela NU | | 3,373.73 | 13,616 |
| Pienaarsrivier | | 2.06 | 1,897 |
| Rapotokwane | | 2.17 | 2,787 |
| Rust De Winter | | 0.38 | 105 |
| Settlers | | 1.17 | 819 |
| Vingerkraal | | 1.14 | 827 |
| Welgegund Village | | 1.94 | 1,448 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 won a narrow majority of nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
In a by-election held on 17 July 2018, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by an ANC candidate. Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
