Moses Kotane Local Municipality

Coordinates: 25°10′S 26°50′E / 25.167°S 26.833°E / -25.167; 26.833
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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

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.

Main places[edit]

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amahlubi 60501 563.29 3,646 Xhosa
Bafokeng 60502 138.54 4,305 Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela 60503 1,166.89 75,072 Tswana
Bakubung Ba Ratheo 60504 203.24 19,800 Tswana
Bakwena Ba Mare A Phogole 60505 72.95 3,314 Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana 60506 235.27 14,364 Tswana
Baphalane 60507 656.08 22,101 Tswana
Baphiring 60508 152.35 8,887 Tswana
Bapo 2 Ba Ga Mogale 60509 5.08 4,415 Tswana
BAPO 2 60510 0.82 1,643 Tswana
Barokologadi Ba Ga Maotwa 60511 289.33 7,100 Tswana
Bataung Ba Moubane 60512 1.52 529 Tswana
Batlhako Boo Mututu Ba Ga Mabe 60513 305.38 15,526 Tswana
Batlhalerwa 60514 641.83 9,224 Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Bogatsu 60515 212.95 16,518 Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Ga Sedumedi 60516 17.76 7,044 Tswana
Batlokwa Boo Matlapane 60517 70.26 1,444 Tswana
Dinokaneng 60518 128.10 48 Tswana
Mahobieskraal 60519 0.64 0 -
Makuntlwane A Kgote 60520 4.70 1,689 Tswana
Mixed TA 60521 63.00 0 -
Mogwase 60522 15.76 9,342 Tswana
Mokgatlha 60523 4.95 4,252 Tswana
Mokgautsi 60524 2.18 2,271 Tswana
Molorwe 60525 2.43 2,232 Tswana
Sun City 60526 64.28 2,590 English
Zwartklip 60527 3.54 1,413 Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 60525 194.14 337 Tswana

Politics[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "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.

External links[edit]

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