City of Matlosana

The City of Matlosana (Tswana: Toropo ya Matlosana; Sotho: Toropo ya Matlosana; Afrikaans: Stad Matlosana; Xhosa: IsiXeko saseMatlosana), formerly the City Council of Klerksdorp, is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

City of Matlosana
Local municipality
Official seal of City of Matlosana
Seal
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatKlerksdorp
Wards35
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCllr Nonhlupheko Tsolela (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,561 km2 (1,375 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total398,676
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African81.0%
 • Coloured3.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White14.5%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Tswana36.7%
 • Sotho20.3%
 • Afrikaans17.6%
 • Xhosa14.3%
 • Other11.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW403

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Buffelsfontein619010.241,825Sotho
Dominionville619036.24542Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve619048.8618Xhosa
GTC Village619050.41445Sotho
Hartebeesfontein619063.721,275Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine6190760.654,350Sotho
Jouberton6190815.74104,977Tswana
Kanana619099.9066,936Sotho
Khayalihle619100.091,501Xhosa
Khuma619117.0842,963Tswana
Klerksdorp61912115.1759,509Afrikaans
Margaret Mine6191356.230-
Orkney61914137.7015,539Afrikaans
Paballong Village619150.24516Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine619170.32470Tswana
Stilfontein619167.6314,713Afrikaans
Tigane619181.2112,111Tswana
Vaal Reefs619196.1511,345Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality619023,125.0920,194Tswana

Politics
Main article: City of Matlosana Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats in the council.[4] The following table shows the results of the election.

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress38,84551.833139,80052.60940
Democratic Alliance15,51120.69715,55220.55916
Economic Freedom Fighters8,52811.3808,75011.5699
Freedom Front Plus6,6708.9016,5718.6867
Forum for Service Delivery1,7372.3201,8282.4222
Patriotic Alliance1,3861.8501,5172.0022
African Christian Democratic Party5100.6804760.6311
Independent candidates9411.2600
6 other parties8251.1001,1781.5600
Total74,953100.003975,672100.003877
Valid votes74,95397.8275,67298.05
Invalid/blank votes1,6722.181,5041.95
Total votes76,625100.0077,176100.00
Registered voters/turnout181,90542.12181,90542.43

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 36.0% Setswana; 19.9% Sesotho; 17.3% Afrikaans; 14.0% IsiXhosa; 4.3% English; 2.1% IsiZulu; 1.2% Xitsonga ...[5]

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — City of Matlosana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  5. "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa".
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