Tsantsabane Local Municipality
Tsantsabane Local Municipality is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa.
Tsantsabane was the original name given to the town by the Batswana because of the presence of many shiny stones.
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population |
| Glosam | 1.20 | 119 | |
| Goedgedacht | 0.28 | 746 | |
| Groenwater | 1.40 | 739 | |
| Postmasburg | 158.41 | 30,089 | |
| Tsantsabane NU and the remainder of the municipality | 18171.50 | 3,399 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 majority of seven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.