Moretele Local Municipality

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Moretele
Local municipality
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Map of the North West with Moretele highlighted (2011).svg
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Bojanala Platinum
Seat Makapanstad
Wards 26
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorCllr Andries Monageng (ANC)
 • PR Cllr and ACG Whip in CouncilCllr. Shangy Mbekwa
Area
 • Total
1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total
186,947
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 99.4%
 •  Coloured 0.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.1%
 •  White 0.2%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 51.7%
 •  Tsonga 18.4%
 •  Northern Sotho 13.9%
 •  Zulu 3.5%
 • Other12.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW371

Moretele Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Moretele; Tsonga : Masipala wa Moretele; Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Moretele) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. As of 2011, its population was approximately 180,000, a majority of whom speak Setswana as a first language.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Agisaneng 60101 9.42120 Northern Sotho
Amandebele A Lebelo 60102 4.99154 English
Bahwaduba 60103 180.6832,023 Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha 60104 459.1945,114Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau 60105 109.411,111Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho 60106 45.8124,329Tswana
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa 60107 228.0311,024Tswana
Diphala 60108 0.61820Tswana
Jonathan 60109 4.11114 Zulu
Kopanong 60110 84.9828,839 Tsonga
Modimole Magogelo 60111 104.3211,365Tswana
Mogogelo 60112 26.0210,500- Moretele 60113 30.444,933Setswana
Temba 60114 2.195,310Setswana
Thulwe 60115 15.15465Tsonga
Tsoga o Itirele 60116 64.321,687Zulu

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Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-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 thirty-five seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 25,46862.812626,92267.50935
Economic Freedom Fighters 6,41615.8206,93917.4099
Democratic Alliance 1,6674.1101,7304.3422
Independent candidates 2,2465.5400
Forum for Service Delivery 9602.3701,2023.0122
Agenda to Citizenry Governors 1,2383.0507641.9211
African Independent Congress 8242.0309122.2911
Defenders of the People 5691.4004711.1811
Economic Emancipation Forum 6091.500280.0711
8 other parties5511.3609182.3000
Total40,548100.002639,886100.002652
Valid votes40,54897.9139,88697.33
Invalid/blank votes8642.091,0942.67
Total votes41,412100.0040,980100.00
Registered voters/turnout94,71343.7294,71343.27

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
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Moretele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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