Mahikeng Local Municipality

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Mahikeng
Official seal of Mahikeng
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 25°55′S 25°40′E / 25.917°S 25.667°E / -25.917; 25.667Coordinates: 25°55′S 25°40′E / 25.917°S 25.667°E / -25.917; 25.667
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictNgaka Modiri Molema
SeatMahikeng
Wards35
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorTshepiso Mphehlo
Area
 • Total3,698 km2 (1,428 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total291,527
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African95.5%
 • Coloured2.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White1.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana78.4%
 • English4.6%
 • Xhosa3.9%
 • Sotho3.5%
 • Other9.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW383

Mahikeng Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Capital City of North West Province, South Africa. Mahikeng is a Setswana name meaning "place of rocks".[4]

Main places[]

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
60801 0.59 792 Tswana
60802 3.19 4,342 Tswana
60803 14.15 0 -
60804 27.12 5,734 Tswana
Part 1 60805 390.94 45,751 Tswana
Part 2 60809 458.71 72,665 Tswana
Part 3 60806 22.73 1,154 Tswana
Part 3 60810 24.04 1,013 Tswana
Part 4 60807 39.41 1,463 Tswana
Part 5 60811 141.89 36,599 Tswana
Part 6 60808 31.75 2,666 Tswana
60812 5.43 8,434 Tswana
60813 1.90 148 Tswana
60814 161.49 17,041 Tswana
Madikwe Part 1 60815 102.28 151 Tswana
Madikwe Part 2 60822 0.83 347 Tswana
Mahikeng Part 1 60816 15.44 14,923 Tswana
Mahikeng Part 3 60824 105.41 296 Tswana
Mmabatho Part 1 60817 15.02 27,680 Tswana
Mmabatho Part 2 60825 344.56 63 Tswana
Montshioa 60818 2.68 8,939 Tswana
Rooigrond 60819 2.55 286 Tswana
Slurry 60820 2.95 540 Tswana
60821 1.36 42 Afrikaans/Tswana
Remainder of the municipality
(Mafikeng Part 2)
60823 1,777.21 8,433 Tswana

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 election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress27,48756.723527,41356.43540
Economic Freedom Fighters11,87924.51012,02924.761717
Democratic Alliance3,0386.2703,1116.4055
Forum for Service Delivery1,4452.9801,4102.9022
United Christian Democratic Party7881.6301,2672.6122
Patriotic Alliance5991.2406331.3011
African Christian Democratic Party6491.3405821.2011
Independent candidates1,1022.2700
African Independent Congress2170.4507731.5911
Freedom Front Plus3310.6802780.5711
8 other parties9261.9101,0862.2400
Total48,461100.003548,582100.003570
Valid votes48,46197.8348,58297.35
Invalid/blank votes1,0772.171,3242.65
Total votes49,538100.0049,906100.00
Registered voters/turnout131,90237.56131,90237.84

References[]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mafikeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.

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