Moretele Local Municipality
Moretele is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Population: 180,000.
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Country | South Africa |
Province | North West |
District | Bojanala Platinum |
Seat | Makapanstad |
Wards | 26 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Cllr Andries Monageng (ANC) |
• PR Cllr and ACG Whip in Council | Cllr. Shangy Mbekwa |
Area | |
• Total | 1,379 km2 (532 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 186,947 |
• Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.4% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 51.7% |
• Tsonga | 18.4% |
• Northern Sotho | 13.9% |
• Zulu | 3.5% |
• Other | 12.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NW371 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Agisaneng | 60101 | 9.42 | 120 | Northern Sotho |
Amandebele A Lebelo | 60102 | 4.99 | 154 | English |
Bahwaduba | 60103 | 180.68 | 32,023 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha | 60104 | 459.19 | 45,114 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau | 60105 | 109.41 | 1,111 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho | 60106 | 45.81 | 24,329 | Tswana |
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa | 60107 | 228.03 | 11,024 | Tswana |
Diphala | 60108 | 0.61 | 820 | Tswana |
Jonathan | 60109 | 4.11 | 114 | Zulu |
Kopanong | 60110 | 84.98 | 28,839 | Tsonga |
Modimole Magogelo | 60111 | 104.32 | 11,365 | Tswana |
Mogogelo | 60112 | 26.02 | 10,500 | Tsonga |
Moretele | 60113 | 30.44 | 4,933 | Northern Sotho |
Temba | 60114 | 2.19 | 5,310 | Tsonga |
Thulwe | 60115 | 15.15 | 465 | Tsonga |
Tsoga o Itirele | 60116 | 64.32 | 1,687 | Zulu |
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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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-eight seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 36,394 | 36,751 | 73,145 | 72.1 | 26 | 12 | 38 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 8,030 | 7,850 | 15,880 | 15.6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
Democratic Alliance | 3,597 | 3,784 | 7,381 | 7.3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Agenda to Citizenry Governors | 529 | 612 | 1,141 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 340 | 554 | 894 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
African People's Convention | 355 | 408 | 763 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 618 | – | 618 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 207 | 247 | 454 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Forum 4 Service Delivery | 144 | 292 | 436 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ACDP | 88 | 228 | 316 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Socialist Party | 136 | 105 | 241 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
IFP | 89 | 146 | 235 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 50,527 | 50,977 | 101,504 | 100.0 | 26 | 26 | 52 | |
Spoilt votes | 996 | 1,047 | 2,043 |
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Moretele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Moretele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
External links
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