Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality
Kgetlengrivier | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | North West |
District | Bojanala Platinum |
Seat | Koster |
Wards | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Selaledi |
Area | |
• Total | 3,973 km2 (1,534 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 51,049 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 80.1% |
• Coloured | 1.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
• White | 16.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 69.2% |
• Afrikaans | 18.0% |
• English | 4.4% |
• Zulu | 1.5% |
• Other | 6.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NW374 |
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.
Main places[]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Borolelo | 60401 | 0.80 | 4,826 | Tswana |
Derby | 60402 | 1.93 | 1,703 | Tswana |
Koster | 60404 | 5.90 | 2,141 | Afrikaans |
Nooitgedacht | 60405 | 1.39 | 353 | Tswana |
Reagile | 60406 | 1.55 | 8,441 | Tswana |
Swartruggens | 60407 | 7.53 | 1,536 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 60403 | 3,954.06 | 17,487 | Tswana |
Languages[]
The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.9% IsiNdebele ... [5]
Politics[]
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining 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 seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 5,677 | 53.87 | 6 | 5,943 | 58.41 | 1 | 7 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,043 | 9.90 | 0 | 1,361 | 13.38 | 2 | 2 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,084 | 10.29 | 0 | 1,267 | 12.45 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent candidates | 1,951 | 18.51 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Democratic Alliance | 672 | 6.38 | 0 | 935 | 9.19 | 1 | 1 | |
5 other parties | 111 | 1.05 | 0 | 668 | 6.57 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 10,538 | 100.00 | 7 | 10,174 | 100.00 | 6 | 13 | |
Valid votes | 10,538 | 97.89 | 10,174 | 94.77 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 227 | 2.11 | 561 | 5.23 | ||||
Total votes | 10,765 | 100.00 | 10,735 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 21,952 | 49.04 | 21,952 | 48.90 |
References[]
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=kgetlengrivier-municipality
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kgetlengrivier". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
External links[]
- Local municipalities of the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
- North West (South Africa) geography stubs