Moses Kotane Local Municipality Last updated September 27, 2025 Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places : [ 3]
Place Code Area (km2 ) Population Most spoken language Amahlubi 60501 563.29 3,646 Xhosa Bafokeng 60502 138.54 4,305 Tswana Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela 60503 1,166.89 75,072 Tswana Bakubung Ba Ratheo 60504 203.24 19,800 Tswana Bakwena Ba Mare A Phogole 60505 72.95 3,314 Tswana Bakwena Boo Modimosana 60506 235.27 14,364 Tswana Baphalane 60507 656.08 22,101 Tswana Baphiring 60508 152.35 8,887 Tswana Bapo 2 Ba Ga Mogale 60509 5.08 4,415 Tswana BAPO 2 60510 0.82 1,643 Tswana Barokologadi Ba Ga Maotwa 60511 289.33 7,100 Tswana Bataung Ba Moubane 60512 1.52 529 Tswana Batlhako Boo Mututu Ba Ga Mabe 60513 305.38 15,526 Tswana Batlhalerwa 60514 641.83 9,224 Tswana Batlokwa Ba Bogatsu 60515 212.95 16,518 Tswana Batlokwa Ba Ga Sedumedi 60516 17.76 7,044 Tswana Batlokwa Boo Matlapane 60517 70.26 1,444 Tswana Dinokaneng 60518 128.10 48 Tswana Mahobieskraal 60519 0.64 0 - Makuntlwane A Kgote 60520 4.70 1,689 Tswana Mixed TA 60521 63.00 0 - Mogwase 60522 15.76 9,342 Tswana Mokgatlha 60523 4.95 4,252 Tswana Mokgautsi 60524 2.18 2,271 Tswana Molorwe 60525 2.43 2,232 Tswana Sun City 60526 64.28 2,590 English Zwartklip 60527 3.54 1,413 Xhosa Remainder of the municipality 60525 194.14 337 Tswana
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]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 30,633 62.59 35 31,327 66.18 11 46 Economic Freedom Fighters 8,719 17.81 0 9,024 19.06 13 13 Independent candidates 3,109 6.35 0 0 Tsogang Civic Movement 907 1.85 0 1,066 2.25 2 2 Democratic Alliance 999 2.04 0 921 1.95 2 2 Forum for Service Delivery 888 1.81 0 768 1.62 1 1 Independents for Communities 648 1.32 0 990 2.09 1 1 African Independent Congress 745 1.52 0 861 1.82 1 1 Bana Ba Thari 560 1.14 0 578 1.22 1 1 United Christian Democratic Party 495 1.01 0 575 1.21 1 1 African Christian Democratic Party 316 0.65 0 323 0.68 1 1 6 other parties 923 1.89 0 900 1.90 0 0 Total 48,942 100.00 35 47,333 100.00 34 69 Valid votes 48,942 97.83 47,333 97.83 Invalid/blank votes 1,084 2.17 1,051 2.17 Total votes 50,026 100.00 48,384 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 122,553 40.82 122,553 39.48
Education J M Ntsime High School is situated in Zone 4 Mogwase , Moses Kotane Local Municipality, on the outskirts of Rustenburg , South Africa . The school was established in 1989 from Nkakane High School which used to share premises with Mogwase Middle School. It is named after a famous Setswana novelist, dramatist and former minister of education of the Bophuthatswana homeland government, J M Ntsime, to acknowledge his contribution to preserve the language and culture. The school has a student body of over 800, and staff including 40 teachers.
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