Moses Kotane Local Municipality

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Moses Kotane
Local municipality
Moses Kotane CoA.png
Seal
Map of the North West with Moses Kotane highlighted.svg
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Bojanala Platinum
Seat Mogwase
Wards 31
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorPeter Molelekeng
Area
 • Total5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total242,554
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 98.3%
 •  Coloured 0.3%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.5%
 •  White 0.8%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 81.6%
 •  Zulu 4.1%
 •  Xhosa 3.4%
 •  English 3.0%
 • Other7.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW375

Moses Kotane Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Moses Kotane) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of the municipality is Mogwase.

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amahlubi 60501 563.293,646 Xhosa
Bafokeng 60502 138.544,305 Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela 60503 1,166.8975,072Tswana
Bakubung Ba Ratheo 60504 203.2419,800Tswana
Bakwena Ba Mare A Phogole 60505 72.953,314Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana 60506 235.2714,364Tswana
Baphalane 60507 656.0822,101Tswana
Baphiring 60508 152.358,887Tswana
Bapo 2 Ba Ga Mogale 60509 5.084,415Tswana
BAPO 2 60510 0.821,643Tswana
Barokologadi Ba Ga Maotwa 60511 289.337,100Tswana
Bataung Ba Moubane 60512 1.52529Tswana
Batlhako Boo Mututu Ba Ga Mabe 60513 305.3815,526Tswana
Batlhalerwa 60514 641.839,224Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Bogatsu 60515 212.9516,518Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Ga Sedumedi 60516 17.767,044Tswana
Batlokwa Boo Matlapane 60517 70.261,444Tswana
Dinokaneng 60518 128.1048Tswana
Mahobieskraal 60519 0.640-
Makuntlwane A Kgote 60520 4.701,689Tswana
Mixed TA 60521 63.000-
Mogwase 60522 15.769,342Tswana
Mokgatlha 60523 4.954,252Tswana
Mokgautsi 60524 2.182,271Tswana
Molorwe 60525 2.432,232Tswana
Sun City 60526 64.282,590 English
Zwartklip 60527 3.541,413Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 60525 194.14337Tswana

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 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 30,63362.593531,32766.181146
Economic Freedom Fighters 8,71917.8109,02419.061313
Independent candidates 3,1096.3500
Tsogang Civic Movement 9071.8501,0662.2522
Democratic Alliance 9992.0409211.9522
Forum for Service Delivery 8881.8107681.6211
Independents for Communities 6481.3209902.0911
African Independent Congress 7451.5208611.8211
Bana Ba Thari 5601.1405781.2211
United Christian Democratic Party 4951.0105751.2111
African Christian Democratic Party 3160.6503230.6811
6 other parties9231.8909001.9000
Total48,942100.003547,333100.003469
Valid votes48,94297.8347,33397.83
Invalid/blank votes1,0842.171,0512.17
Total votes50,026100.0048,384100.00
Registered voters/turnout122,55340.82122,55339.48

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The Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in the North West Province in South Africa. The 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-six 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
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Moses Kotane". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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