City of Matlosana

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City of Matlosana
Local municipality
Matlosana CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Matlosana highlighted.svg
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°50′S26°30′E / 26.833°S 26.500°E / -26.833; 26.500
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat Klerksdorp
Wards 35
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorCllr Nonhlupheko Tsolela (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,561 km2 (1,375 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total398,676
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 81.0%
 •  Coloured 3.5%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.8%
 •  White 14.5%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 36.7%
 •  Sotho 20.3%
 •  Afrikaans 17.6%
 •  Xhosa 14.3%
 • Other11.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW403

The City of Matlosana (Tswana : Toropo ya Matlosana; Sotho : Toropo ya Matlosana; Afrikaans : Stad Matlosana; Xhosa : IsiXeko saseMatlosana), formerly the City Council of Klerksdorp, is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Buffelsfontein 61901 0.241,825 Sotho
Dominionville 61903 6.24542 Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve 61904 8.8618 Xhosa
GTC Village 61905 0.41445Sotho
Hartebeesfontein 61906 3.721,275Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine 61907 60.654,350Sotho
Jouberton 61908 15.74104,977 Tswana
Kanana 61909 9.9066,936Sotho
Khayalihle 61910 0.091,501Xhosa
Khuma 61911 7.0842,963Tswana
Klerksdorp 61912 115.1759,509Afrikaans
Margaret Mine 61913 56.230-
Orkney 61914 137.7015,539Afrikaans
Paballong Village 61915 0.24516Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine 61917 0.32470Tswana
Stilfontein 61916 7.6314,713Afrikaans
Tigane 61918 1.2112,111Tswana
Vaal Reefs 61919 6.1511,345Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 61902 3,125.0920,194Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats in the council. [4] The following table shows the results of the election.

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 38,84551.833139,80052.60940
Democratic Alliance 15,51120.69715,55220.55916
Economic Freedom Fighters 8,52811.3808,75011.5699
Freedom Front Plus 6,6708.9016,5718.6867
Forum for Service Delivery 1,7372.3201,8282.4222
Patriotic Alliance 1,3861.8501,5172.0022
African Christian Democratic Party 5100.6804760.6311
Independent candidates 9411.2600
6 other parties8251.1001,1781.5600
Total74,953100.003975,672100.003877
Valid votes74,95397.8275,67298.05
Invalid/blank votes1,6722.181,5041.95
Total votes76,625100.0077,176100.00
Registered voters/turnout181,90542.12181,90542.43

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 36.0% Setswana; 19.9% Sesotho; 17.3% Afrikaans; 14.0% IsiXhosa; 4.3% English; 2.1% IsiZulu; 1.2% Xitsonga ... [5]

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The City of Matlosana Local Municipality council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats.

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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — City of Matlosana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  5. ↑ "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa".
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