Tswaing Local Municipality

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Tswaing
Local municipality
Map of the North West with Tswaing highlighted.svg
Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Ngaka Modiri Molema
Seat Delareyville
Wards 15
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorManketse Tlhape
Area
 • Total5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total124,218
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 92.4%
 •  Coloured 1.4%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 5.6%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Tswana 83.5%
 •  Afrikaans 6.8%
 •  Sotho 2.5%
 •  Xhosa 2.2%
 • Other5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW382

Tswaing Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Tswaing) is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It consists of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal.

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Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Atamelang 666020 2.005.189 Tswana
Deelpan 666001 5.374,822Tswana
Delareyville 666024 36.5310,630Tswana
Diretsane 666010 2.211,434Tswana
Doomlagte 666006 1.96572Tswana
Ganalaagte 666014 2.922,830Tswana
Geluk 666012 0.60353Tswana
Geysdorp 666022 3.581,365Tswana
Khunwana  [ ceb ] 666004 17.927,651Tswana
Kopela 666009 5.255,187Tswana
Letsopa 666025 2.5817,488Tswana
Majaneng 666017 1.01709Tswana
Majeng 666013 2.431,501Tswana
Manamolele 666021 2.967,695Tswana
Mandela Park 666016 0.32829Tswana
Manonyane 666019 0.85573Tswana
Mofufutso 666008 4.522,467Tswana
Mokope 666018 1.16717Tswana
Ottosdal 666026 5.15884 Afrikaans
Rakgwedi 666015 1.553,021Tswana
Saleng 666011 2.531,262Tswana
Sannieshof 666023 5.4211,016Tswana
Thaba Sione 666003 3.001,195Tswana
Thawane 666005 0.66316Tswana
Witpan 666007 2.381,148Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 666002 5,851.4136,379Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 nineteen seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 13,20564.411413,14065.51519
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,60012.6802,81014.0144
Democratic Alliance 2,58512.6102,54912.7144
Freedom Front Plus 5742.8006083.0311
Independent candidates 1,0825.2800
4 other parties4552.2209524.7500
Total20,501100.001420,059100.001428
Valid votes20,50197.7420,05995.65
Invalid/blank votes4732.269134.35
Total votes20,974100.0020,972100.00
Registered voters/turnout48,90042.8948,90042.89

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The Tswaing Local Municipality council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 nineteen 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 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Tswaing". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.

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