Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality
Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality (formerly Zeerust Local Municipality) is a local municipality in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Zeerust.
Ramotshere Moiloa | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | North West |
District | Ngaka Modiri Molema |
Seat | Zeerust |
Wards | 20 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Moji Peter Pilane |
Area | |
• Total | 7,193 km2 (2,777 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 150,713 |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 94.4% |
• Coloured | 0.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 3.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 86.0% |
• Afrikaans | 4.5% |
• English | 3.8% |
• Zulu | 1.2% |
• Other | 4.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NW385 |
History
The municipality is named after Kgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa, a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s.[3] Kgosi Moiloa was bannished by the Apartheid Government in 1957 after he refused to enforce the carrying of passbooks by Hurutshe women as obliged by apartheid law. The women of Dinokana had largely refused to carry the passbooks, and Kgosi Moiloa had supported their decision.[4][5] At the first meeting held by the native commissioner, 1000 women gathered but only 70 passbooks were taken out, Kgosi Moiloa was deposed a week later. His banishment order was revoked on 1 January 1971. Today, in acknowledgment of his contributions to the struggle for democracy the local municipality bears his name.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Bahurutshe Ba Ga Gopane | 61001 | 485.86 | 19,067 | Tswana |
Bahurutshe Ba Ga Le-Ncoe | 61002 | 260.43 | 9,743 | Tswana |
Bahurutshe Ba Ga Moilwa | 61003 | 920.24 | 48,517 | Tswana |
Bahurutshe Ba Ga Mokgoswa | 61004 | 99.47 | 1,474 | Tswana |
Bahurutshe Ba Ga Mothogae | 61005 | 31.64 | 123 | Tswana |
Bahurutshe Ba Ga Suping | 61006 | 178.15 | 2,794 | Tswana |
Bahurutshe Bo Manyane | 61007 | 155.26 | 5,205 | Tswana |
Banabakae | 61008 | 43.01 | 8,555 | Tswana |
Ikageleng | 61009 | 1.36 | 6,562 | Tswana |
Leeufontein | 61010 | 10.85 | 5,685 | Tswana |
Madikwe Part 1 | 61011 | 3.61 | 1,191 | Tswana |
Madikwe Part 2 | 61016 | 2.90 | 985 | Tswana |
Marico Nature Reserve | 61012 | 18.76 | 352 | Tswana |
Mixed TA | 61013 | 144.32 | 0 | - |
Welbedacht | 61014 | 5.81 | 5,993 | Tswana |
Zeerust | 61017 | 11.02 | 6,393 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 61015 | 4,818.77 | 14,795 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 twenty-three seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 21,207 | 21,349 | 42,556 | 60.4 | 19 | 4 | 23 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 5,042 | 5,094 | 10,136 | 14.4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Are Ageng Afrika | 2,948 | 3,048 | 5,996 | 8.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Democratic Alliance | 2,086 | 2,324 | 4,410 | 6.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
United Christian Democratic Party | 916 | 1,051 | 1,967 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 1,508 | – | 1,508 | 2.1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Agang SA | 506 | 574 | 1,080 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Working-Together Political Party | 492 | 504 | 996 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 456 | 464 | 920 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Azanian People's Organisation | 213 | 264 | 477 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ACDP | 208 | 224 | 432 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 35,582 | 34,896 | 70,478 | 100.0 | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
Spoilt votes | 801 | 843 | 1,644 |
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.
- "Kgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- Hooper (Canon.), Charles (1989). Brief Authority. David Philip. ISBN 978-0-86486-137-5.
- Lissoni, Arianna (2013). "Chieftaincy and resistance politics in Lehurutshe during the apartheid era" (PDF). New Contree. 67: 57–82.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Ramotshere Moiloa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Ramotshere Moiloa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2017.