Moretele Local Municipality

Moretele
Local municipality

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Location in the North West
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Bojanala Platinum
Seat Makapanstad
Wards 28
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Stevens Abram Kutumela
Area
 • Total 1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 186,947
 • Density 140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 99.4%
 • Coloured 0.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 0.2%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Tswana 51.7%
 • Tsonga 18.4%
 • Northern Sotho 13.9%
 • Zulu 3.5%
 • Other 12.5%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code NW371

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

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Agisaneng 601019.42120Northern Sotho
Amandebele A Lebelo 601024.99154English
Bahwaduba 60103180.6832,023Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha 60104459.1945,114Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau 60105109.411,111Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho 6010645.8124,329Tswana
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa 60107228.0311,024Tswana
Diphala 601080.61820Tswana
Jonathan 601094.11114Zulu
Kopanong 6011084.9828,839Tsonga
Modimole Magogelo 60111104.3211,365Tswana
Mogogelo 6011226.0210,500Tsonga
Moretele 6011330.444,933Northern Sotho
Temba 601142.195,310Tsonga
Thulwe 6011515.15465Tsonga
Tsoga o Itirele 6011664.321,687Zulu

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Politics

The municipal council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 41,346 42,196 83,542 83.3 27 19 46
Democratic Alliance 3,165 2,953 6,118 6.1 0 3 3
National Freedom Party 1,966 1,983 3,949 3.9 1 1 2
African People's Convention 1,853 1,478 3,331 3.3 0 2 2
Pan Africanist Congress 546 354 900 0.9 0 1 1
Congress of the People 291 607 898 0.9 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 383 276 659 0.7 0 0 0
United Christian Democratic Party 196 274 470 0.5 0 0 0
Movement Democratic Party 232 72 304 0.3 0 0 0
Independent 170 – 170 0.2 0 – 0
Total 50,148 50,193 100,341 100.0 28 27 55
Spoilt votes 969 853 1,822

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 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 24 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Moretele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Coordinates: 25°10′S 28°5′E / 25.167°S 28.083°E / -25.167; 28.083

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