Maquassi Hills Local Municipality

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Maquassi Hills
Local municipality
Maquassi Hills CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Maquassi Hills highlighted.svg
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 27°15′S26°0′E / 27.250°S 26.000°E / -27.250; 26.000
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat Wolmaransstad
Wards 11
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorZandisile Mweli
Area
 • Total4,643 km2 (1,793 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total77,794
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 88.7%
 •  Coloured 2.3%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.4%
 •  White 8.2%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 72.5%
 •  Afrikaans 10.7%
 •  Sotho 6.6%
 •  Xhosa 4.1%
 • Other6.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW404

Maquassi Hills Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Maquassi Hills; Afrikaans : Maquassi Hills Munisipaliteit) 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
Kareeboom 62001 5.3466 Tswana
Kgakala 62002 1.649,961Tswana
Lebaleng 62003 0.988,417Tswana
Leeudoringstad 62004 2.691,492 Afrikaans
Makwassie 62005 7.283,486Tswana
Rulaganyang 62007 0.371,269Tswana
Tswelelang 62008 2.2920,101Tswana
Witpoort 62009 17.78374Afrikaans
Wolmaransstad 62010 7.132,607Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 62006 4,598.8120,662Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 thirteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 10,62862.70119,87758.59213
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,61615.4302,64315.6844
Democratic Alliance 1,88711.1301,82610.8322
South African Political Association 6483.8207864.6611
Freedom Front Plus 5973.5206253.7111
Forum for Service Delivery 3432.0203181.8911
African Independent Congress 5523.2700
African Freedom Revolution 1771.0401610.9600
African Transformation Movement 100.060410.2400
United Christian Democratic Party 150.090280.1700
Independent candidates 300.1800
Total16,951100.001116,857100.001122
Valid votes16,95197.5716,85797.28
Invalid/blank votes4232.434722.72
Total votes17,374100.0017,329100.00
Registered voters/turnout36,60247.4736,60247.34

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The Maquassi Hills Local Municipality council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 thirteen 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 — Maquassi Hills". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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