Moses Kotane Local Municipality

Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of local municipality is Mogwase.

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

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-five seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	42,649	40,700	83,349	65.7	34	11	45
	Economic Freedom Fighters	12,945	13,670	26,615	21.0	0	15	15
	Democratic Alliance	3,324	3,189	6,513	5.1	0	4	4
	African Independent Congress	0	2,643	2,643	2.1	0	1	1
	Independent	2,236	–	2,236	1.8	0	–	0
	Congress of the People	1,097	1,068	2,165	1.7	0	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	798	921	1,719	1.4	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	525	501	1,026	0.8	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	159	140	299	0.2	0	0	0
	ACDP	0	244	244	0.2	0	0	0
Total		63,733	63,076	126,809	100.0	34	34	68
Spoilt votes		1,715	1,971	3,686

"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.
Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
"Results Summary – All Ballots: Moses Kotane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
"Seat Calculation Detail: Moses Kotane" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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