Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

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Bojanala Platinum
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 25°25′S27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E / -25.417; 27.250
Country South Africa
Province North West
Seat Rustenburg
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorLj Diremelo
Area
 • Total18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total1,507,505
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
[2]
 •  Black African 95.4%
 •  Coloured 0.7%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 3.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 55.3%
 •  Tsonga 8.1%
 •  Afrikaans 7.2%
 •  Xhosa 5.6%
 • Other23.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC37

The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Bojanala Platinum) is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Rustenburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 1,507,505 residents spoke Setswana. The district code is DC37.

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Geography

Neighbours

Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant language
Rustenburg 562 03134.60% Tswana
Madibeng 522 56632.17%Tswana
Moses Kotane 265 66816.35%Tswana
Moretele 219 12013.49%Tswana
Kgetlengrivier 54 7593.37%Tswana

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%
Setswana 818,05055.34%
Xitsonga 119,0908.06%
Afrikaans 106,5617.21%
IsiXhosa 82,7015.59%
Sepedi 75,5395.11%
Sesotho 67,4584.56%
English 57,1873.87%
IsiZulu 54,6613.70%
Other 39,8692.70%
IsiNdebele 26,4811.79%
Tshivenda 14,3290.97%
SiSwati 9,6320.65%

Gender

GenderPopulation%
Male825,06550.80%
Female799,07949.30%

Ethnic group

Ethnic groupPopulation%
Black African1,093,17792.23%
White82,0456.92%
Coloured6,3600.54%
Indian/Asian3,7430.32%

Age

AgePopulation%
000 - 004108,8059.18%
005 - 009113,0589.54%
010 - 014121,70710.27%
015 - 019115,3069.73%
020 - 024110,4779.32%
025 - 029111,2649.39%
030 - 03498,6318.32%
035 - 03993,8147.91%
040 - 04481,9846.92%
045 - 04962,2645.25%
050 - 05444,4663.75%
055 - 05934,2882.89%
060 - 06427,7832.34%
065 - 06921,3091.80%
070 - 07416,4381.39%
075 - 07910,5750.89%
080 - 0847,8000.66%
085 - 0893,1150.26%
090 - 0941,4240.12%
095 - 0996140.05%
100 plus2030.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004.

PartyVotes%
African National Congress 372,83483.62%
Democratic Alliance 25,2145.66%
United Christian Democratic Party 20,3704.57%
United Democratic Movement 7,4721.68%
African Christian Democratic Party 5,0851.14%
Freedom Front Plus 4,0220.90%
Pan African Congress 2,9640.66%
New National Party 1,5970.36%
Independent Democrats 1,4260.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1,3840.31%
Azanian People's Organisation 9960.22%
NA 4770.11%
SOPA 4240.10%
EMSA 3460.08%
CDP 2930.07%
UF 2680.06%
PJC 1900.04%
TOP 1870.04%
KISS 1220.03%
Minority Front 1000.02%
NLP 850.02%
Total445,856100.00%

Corruption

In October 2023, the Hawks arrested the council's municipal manager, who was implicated in corruption involving R134 million, including spending R2 million on two laptops. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Staff Writer. "Municipality paid R2 million for two laptops". MyBroadband. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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