Mahikeng Local Municipality

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Mahikeng
Local municipality
Mafikeng CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Mafikeng highlighted (2011).svg
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 25°55′S25°40′E / 25.917°S 25.667°E / -25.917; 25.667
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Ngaka Modiri Molema
Seat Mafikeng
Wards 35
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorTshepiso Mphehlo
Area
 • Total3,698 km2 (1,428 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total291,527
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 95.5%
 •  Coloured 2.3%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.8%
 •  White 1.3%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 78.4%
 •  English 4.6%
 •  Xhosa 3.9%
 •  Sotho 3.5%
 • Other9.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW383

Mahikeng Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Mahikeng) is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. Mahikeng is a Setswana word meaning "place of rocks". [3]

Contents

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bafokeng Ba Ga Moraka 60801 0.59792 Tswana
Bakwena Ba Ga Molopyane 60802 3.194,342Tswana
Banogeng 60803 14.150-
Barolong Boo Rapulana 60804 27.125,734Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 1 60805 390.9445,751Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 2 60809 458.7172,665Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 60806 22.731,154Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 60810 24.041,013Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 4 60807 39.411,463Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 5 60811 141.8936,599Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 6 60808 31.752,666Tswana
Batloung Ba Ga Shole 60812 5.438,434Tswana
Floorspar Mine 60813 1.90148Tswana
Kopano 60814 161.4917,041Tswana
Madikwe Part 1 60815 102.28151Tswana
Madikwe Part 2 60822 0.83347Tswana
Mafikeng Part 1 60816 15.4414,923Tswana
Mafikeng Part 3 60824 105.41296Tswana
Mmabatho Part 1 60817 15.0227,680Tswana
Mmabatho Part 2 60825 344.5663Tswana
Montshioa 60818 2.688,939Tswana
Rooigrond 60819 2.55286Tswana
Slurry 60820 2.95540Tswana
Wintershoek 60821 1.3642 Afrikaans/Tswana
Remainder of the municipality
(Mafikeng Part 2)		 60823 1,777.218,433Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 27,48756.723527,41356.43540
Economic Freedom Fighters 11,87924.51012,02924.761717
Democratic Alliance 3,0386.2703,1116.4055
Forum for Service Delivery 1,4452.9801,4102.9022
United Christian Democratic Party 7881.6301,2672.6122
Patriotic Alliance 5991.2406331.3011
African Christian Democratic Party 6491.3405821.2011
Independent candidates 1,1022.2700
African Independent Congress 2170.4507731.5911
Freedom Front Plus 3310.6802780.5711
8 other parties9261.9101,0862.2400
Total48,461100.003548,582100.003570
Valid votes48,46197.8348,58297.35
Invalid/blank votes1,0772.171,3242.65
Total votes49,538100.0049,906100.00
Registered voters/turnout131,90237.56131,90237.84

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The Mahikeng Local Municipality council consists of seventy members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-five 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. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mafikeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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