Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality

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Kgetlengrivier
Local municipality
Kgetlengrivier CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Kgetlengrivier highlighted (2011).svg
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Bojanala Platinum
Seat Koster
Wards 6
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorThabo Jacobs
Area
 • Total3,973 km2 (1,534 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total51,049
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 80.1%
 •  Coloured 1.7%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.9%
 •  White 16.8%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 69.2%
 •  Afrikaans 18.0%
 •  English 4.4%
 •  Zulu 1.5%
 • Other6.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW374

Kgetlengrivier Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Kgetlengrivier; Afrikaans : Kgetlengrivier Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum 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
Borolelo 60401 0.804,826 Tswana
Derby 60402 1.931,703Tswana
Koster 60404 5.902,141 Afrikaans
Nooitgedacht 60405 1.39353Tswana
Reagile 60406 1.558,441Tswana
Swartruggens 60407 7.531,536Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 60403 3,954.0617,487Tswana

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.9% IsiNdebele ... [4]

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 eight 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 5,67753.8765,94358.4117
Freedom Front Plus 1,0439.9001,36113.3822
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,08410.2901,26712.4522
Independent candidates 1,95118.5111
Democratic Alliance 6726.3809359.1911
5 other parties1111.0506686.5700
Total10,538100.00710,174100.00613
Valid votes10,53897.8910,17494.77
Invalid/blank votes2272.115615.23
Total votes10,765100.0010,735100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,95249.0421,95248.90

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References

  1. ↑ "Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality - South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa".
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kgetlengrivier". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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