Moses Kotane Local Municipality

Moses Kotane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Moses Kotane) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of the municipality is Mogwase.

Moses Kotane
Official seal of Moses Kotane
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
SeatMogwase
Wards31
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorPeter Molelekeng
Area
  Total5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total242,554
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African98.3%
  Coloured0.3%
  Indian/Asian0.5%
  White0.8%
First languages (2011)
  Tswana81.6%
  Zulu4.1%
  Xhosa3.4%
  English3.0%
  Other7.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW375

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amahlubi60501563.293,646Xhosa
Bafokeng60502138.544,305Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela605031,166.8975,072Tswana
Bakubung Ba Ratheo60504203.2419,800Tswana
Bakwena Ba Mare A Phogole6050572.953,314Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana60506235.2714,364Tswana
Baphalane60507656.0822,101Tswana
Baphiring60508152.358,887Tswana
Bapo 2 Ba Ga Mogale605095.084,415Tswana
BAPO 2605100.821,643Tswana
Barokologadi Ba Ga Maotwa60511289.337,100Tswana
Bataung Ba Moubane605121.52529Tswana
Batlhako Boo Mututu Ba Ga Mabe60513305.3815,526Tswana
Batlhalerwa60514641.839,224Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Bogatsu60515212.9516,518Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Ga Sedumedi6051617.767,044Tswana
Batlokwa Boo Matlapane6051770.261,444Tswana
Dinokaneng60518128.1048Tswana
Mahobieskraal605190.640-
Makuntlwane A Kgote605204.701,689Tswana
Mixed TA6052163.000-
Mogwase6052215.769,342Tswana
Mokgatlha605234.954,252Tswana
Mokgautsi605242.182,271Tswana
Molorwe605252.432,232Tswana
Sun City6052664.282,590English
Zwartklip605273.541,413Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality60525194.14337Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress30,63362.593531,32766.181146
Economic Freedom Fighters8,71917.8109,02419.061313
Independent candidates3,1096.3500
Tsogang Civic Movement9071.8501,0662.2522
Democratic Alliance9992.0409211.9522
Forum for Service Delivery8881.8107681.6211
Independents for Communities6481.3209902.0911
African Independent Congress7451.5208611.8211
Bana Ba Thari5601.1405781.2211
United Christian Democratic Party4951.0105751.2111
African Christian Democratic Party3160.6503230.6811
6 other parties9231.8909001.9000
Total48,942100.003547,333100.003469
Valid votes48,94297.8347,33397.83
Invalid/blank votes1,0842.171,0512.17
Total votes50,026100.0048,384100.00
Registered voters/turnout122,55340.82122,55339.48

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 — Moses Kotane". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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