City of Matlosana

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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 / 26.833°S 26.500°E / -26.833; 26.500Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E / 26.833°S 26.500°E / -26.833; 26.500
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatKlerksdorp
Wards35
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor(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

The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.

Main places[]

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
61901 0.24 1,825 Sotho
Dominionville 61903 6.24 542 Afrikaans
61904 8.86 18 Xhosa
61905 0.41 445 Sotho
Hartebeesfontein 61906 3.72 1,275 Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine 61907 60.65 4,350 Sotho
Jouberton 61908 15.74 104,977 Tswana
Kanana 61909 9.90 66,936 Sotho
61910 0.09 1,501 Xhosa
Khuma 61911 7.08 42,963 Tswana
Klerksdorp 61912 115.17 59,509 Afrikaans
61913 56.23 0 -
Orkney 61914 137.70 15,539 Afrikaans
61915 0.24 516 Xhosa
61917 0.32 470 Tswana
Stilfontein 61916 7.63 14,713 Afrikaans
Tigane 61918 1.21 12,111 Tswana
Vaal Reefs 61919 6.15 11,345 Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 61902 3,125.09 20,194 Tswana

Politics[]

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 65,309 62,375 127,684 60.3 31 15 46
Democratic Alliance 22,721 22,722 45,443 21.5 8 9 17
EFF 9,922 9,830 19,752 9.3 0 7 7
Freedom Front Plus 4,255 4,146 8,401 4.0 0 3 3
3,320 2,896 6,116 2.9 0 2 2
1,409 1,102 2,511 1.2 0 1 1
COPE 188 1,108 1,296 0.6 0 1 1
PAC 46 198 244 0.1 0 0 0
37 102 139 0.1 0 0 0
Independent 90 – 90 0.0 0 – 0
Total 107,197 104,479 211,676 100.0 39 38 77
Spoilt votes 1,767 2,391 4,158

In a by-election held on 10 July 2019, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by the FF+ candidate.[6] The council was reconfigured as seen below:

Party Ward PR list Total
ANC 31 15 46
Democratic Alliance 7 9 16
EFF 0 7 7
Freedom Front Plus 1 3 4
0 2 2
0 1 1
COPE 0 1 1
Total 39 38 77

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 ...[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Matlosana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Matlosana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. ^ DA loses out to Freedom Front Plus in by-election. Retrieved on 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=city-of-matlosana-municipality

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