Moretele Local Municipality

Moretele is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Population: 180,000.

Moretele
Seal
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
SeatMakapanstad
Wards26
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorCllr Andries Monageng (ANC)
  PR Cllr and ACG Whip in CouncilCllr. Shangy Mbekwa
Area
  Total1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total186,947
  Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African99.4%
  Coloured0.2%
  Indian/Asian0.1%
  White0.2%
First languages (2011)
  Tswana51.7%
  Tsonga18.4%
  Northern Sotho13.9%
  Zulu3.5%
  Other12.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW371

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Agisaneng601019.42120Northern Sotho
Amandebele A Lebelo601024.99154English
Bahwaduba60103180.6832,023Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha60104459.1945,114Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau60105109.411,111Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho6010645.8124,329Tswana
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa60107228.0311,024Tswana
Diphala601080.61820Tswana
Jonathan601094.11114Zulu
Kopanong6011084.9828,839Tsonga
Modimole Magogelo60111104.3211,365Tswana
Mogogelo6011226.0210,500Tsonga
Moretele6011330.444,933Northern Sotho
Temba601142.195,310Tsonga
Thulwe6011515.15465Tsonga
Tsoga o Itirele6011664.321,687Zulu

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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]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 36,39436,75173,14572.1261238
Economic Freedom Fighters 8,0307,85015,88015.6088
Democratic Alliance 3,5973,7847,3817.3044
Agenda to Citizenry Governors 5296121,1411.1011
Congress of the People 3405548940.9011
African People's Convention 3554087630.8000
Independent 6186180.600
Pan Africanist Congress 2072474540.5000
Forum 4 Service Delivery 1442924360.4000
ACDP 882283160.3000
African People's Socialist Party 1361052410.2000
IFP 891462350.2000
Total 50,52750,977101,504100.0262652
Spoilt votes 9961,0472,043

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. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Moretele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Moretele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

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