Moretele Local Municipality

Moretele Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Moretele; Tsonga: Masipala wa Moretele; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Moretele) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. As of 2011, its population was approximately 180,000, a majority of whom speak Setswana as a first language.

Moretele
Local municipality
Official seal of Moretele
Seal
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
SeatMakapanstad
Wards26
Government
[1]
 • 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)
[2]
 • Black African99.4%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.2%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • 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:[3]

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
Main article: Moretele Local Municipality elections

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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress25,46862.812626,92267.50935
Economic Freedom Fighters6,41615.8206,93917.4099
Democratic Alliance1,6674.1101,7304.3422
Independent candidates2,2465.5400
Forum for Service Delivery9602.3701,2023.0122
Agenda to Citizenry Governors1,2383.0507641.9211
African Independent Congress8242.0309122.2911
Defenders of the People5691.4004711.1811
Economic Emancipation Forum6091.500280.0711
8 other parties5511.3609182.3000
Total40,548100.002639,886100.002652
Valid votes40,54897.9139,88697.33
Invalid/blank votes8642.091,0942.67
Total votes41,412100.0040,980100.00
Registered voters/turnout94,71343.7294,71343.27

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 — Moretele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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