Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality

Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.

Kgetlengrivier
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
SeatKoster
Wards6
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorKim Medupe
Area
 • Total3,973 km2 (1,534 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total51,049
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African80.1%
 • Coloured1.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
 • White16.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana69.2%
 • Afrikaans18.0%
 • English4.4%
 • Zulu1.5%
 • Other6.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW374

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Borolelo604010.804,826Tswana
Derby604021.931,703Tswana
Koster604045.902,141Afrikaans
Nooitgedacht604051.39353Tswana
Reagile604061.558,441Tswana
Swartruggens604077.531,536Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality604033,954.0617,487Tswana

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.9% IsiNdebele ... [5]

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 7,1617,15014,31155.8718
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,3252,3434,66818.2033
Democratic Alliance 2,2182,2054,42317.3123
Freedom Front Plus 8658691,7346.8011
Congress of the People 1741433171.2000
African People's Convention 801121920.8000
Total 12,82312,82225,645100.08715
Spoilt votes 400394794

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  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. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=kgetlengrivier-municipality
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Kgetlengrivier" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Kgetlengrivier" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

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