Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Bojanala Platinum) is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Rustenburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 1,507,505 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC37.

Bojanala Platinum
Official seal of Bojanala Platinum
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
SeatRustenburg
Local municipalities
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorLj Diremelo
Area
  Total18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total1,507,505
  Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African91.4%
  Coloured0.7%
  Indian/Asian0.6%
  White7.0%
First languages (2011)
  Tswana55.3%
  Tsonga8.1%
  Afrikaans7.2%
  Xhosa5.6%
  Other23.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC37

Geography

Neighbours

Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Rustenburg549 57536.46%Tswana
Madibeng447,38129.68%Tswana
Moses Kotane242,55416.09%Tswana
Moretele186,94712.40%Tswana
Kgetlengrivier51,0493.39%Tswana

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
Setswana818,05055.34%
Xitsonga119,0908.06%
Afrikaans106,5617.21%
IsiXhosa82,7015.59%
Sepedi75,5395.11%
Sesotho67,4584.56%
English57,1873.87%
IsiZulu54,6613.70%
Other39,8692.70%
IsiNdebele26,4811.79%
Tshivenda14,3290.97%
SiSwati9,6320.65%

Gender

Gender Population %
Male794,52952.70%
Female712,97747.30%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African1,093,17792.23%
White82,0456.92%
Coloured6,3600.54%
Indian/Asian3,7430.32%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004108,8059.18%
005 - 009113,0589.54%
010 - 014121,70710.27%
015 - 019115,3069.73%
020 - 024110,4779.32%
025 - 029111,2649.39%
030 - 03498,6318.32%
035 - 03993,8147.91%
040 - 04481,9846.92%
045 - 04962,2645.25%
050 - 05444,4663.75%
055 - 05934,2882.89%
060 - 06427,7832.34%
065 - 06921,3091.80%
070 - 07416,4381.39%
075 - 07910,5750.89%
080 - 0847,8000.66%
085 - 0893,1150.26%
090 - 0941,4240.12%
095 - 0996140.05%
100 plus2030.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 772,262 [65.15% of total population]
  • Total votes: 445,856 [37.61% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 57.73% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress372,83483.62%
Democratic Alliance25,2145.66%
United Christian Democratic Party20,3704.57%
United Democratic Movement7,4721.68%
African Christian Democratic Party5,0851.14%
Freedom Front Plus4,0220.90%
Pan African Congress2,9640.66%
New National Party1,5970.36%
Independent Democrats1,4260.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party1,3840.31%
Azanian People's Organisation9960.22%
NA4770.11%
SOPA4240.10%
EMSA3460.08%
CDP2930.07%
UF2680.06%
PJC1900.04%
TOP1870.04%
KISS1220.03%
Minority Front1000.02%
NLP850.02%
Total445,856100.00%

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.

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