Moretele Local Municipality

Moretele
Moretele
Local municipality
	Seal
	Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Makapanstad
Wards	26
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cllr Andries Monageng (ANC)
• PR Cllr and ACG Whip in Council	Cllr. Shangy Mbekwa
Area
• Total	1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	186,947
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Tswana	51.7%
• Tsonga	18.4%
• Northern Sotho	13.9%
• Zulu	3.5%
• Other	12.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW371

Moretele is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Population: 180,000.

Main places[]

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

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population	Most spoken language
	60101	9.42	120	Northern Sotho
	60102	4.99	154	English
	60103	180.68	32,023	Tswana
	60104	459.19	45,114	Tswana
	60105	109.41	1,111	Tswana
	60106	45.81	24,329	Tswana
	60107	228.03	11,024	Tswana
	60108	0.61	820	Tswana
	60109	4.11	114	Zulu
	60110	84.98	28,839	Tsonga
	60111	104.32	11,365	Tswana
Mogogelo	60112	26.02	10,500	Tsonga
Moretele	60113	30.44	4,933	Northern Sotho
Temba	60114	2.19	5,310	Tsonga
	60115	15.15	465	Tsonga
	60116	64.32	1,687	Zulu

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Politics[]

The municipal council consists of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-eight seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.^[4]^[5]

Party		Votes				Seats
Party		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	36,394	36,751	73,145	72.1	26	12	38
	EFF	8,030	7,850	15,880	15.6	0	8	8
	Democratic Alliance	3,597	3,784	7,381	7.3	0	4	4
		529	612	1,141	1.1	0	1	1
	COPE	340	554	894	0.9	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	355	408	763	0.8	0	0	0
	Independent	618	–	618	0.6	0	–	0
	PAC	207	247	454	0.5	0	0	0
		144	292	436	0.4	0	0	0
	ACDP	88	228	316	0.3	0	0	0
		136	105	241	0.2	0	0	0
	IFP	89	146	235	0.2	0	0	0
Total		50,527	50,977	101,504	100.0	26	26	52
Spoilt votes		996	1,047	2,043

References[]

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Moretele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Moretele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.