Tswaing Local Municipality

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Tswaing
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictNgaka Modiri Molema
SeatDelareyville
Wards15
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorManketse Tlhape
Area
 • Total5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total124,218
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African92.4%
 • Coloured1.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White5.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana83.5%
 • Afrikaans6.8%
 • Sotho2.5%
 • Xhosa2.2%
 • Other5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW382

Tswaing Local Municipality is a local Municipality consisting of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal in the Central District Municipality situated in the North West Province of South Africa.

Main places[]

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Agisanang 60701 1.22 6,138 Tswana
Atamelang 60702 1.67 5,240 Tswana
60703 8.25 5,726 Tswana
60704 47.41 25,243 Tswana
60705 7.72 16,581 Tswana
Delareyville 60706 4.18 2,717 Tswana
60707 1.54 649 Tswana
Letsopa 60708 1.31 11,779 Tswana
60709 663.59 1,141 Tswana
Ottosdal 60710 2.43 1,264 Tswana
Sannieshof 60711 2.13 1,281 Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 60712 5,224.63 36,379 Tswana

Politics[]

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 nineteen seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress13,20564.411413,14065.51519
Economic Freedom Fighters2,60012.6802,81014.0144
Democratic Alliance2,58512.6102,54912.7144
Freedom Front Plus5742.8006083.0311
Independent candidates1,0825.2800
4 other parties4552.2209524.7500
Total20,501100.001420,059100.001428
Valid votes20,50197.7420,05995.65
Invalid/blank votes4732.269134.35
Total votes20,974100.0020,972100.00
Registered voters/turnout48,90042.8948,90042.89

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. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Tswaing". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.

Coordinates: 26°41′S 25°28′E / 26.683°S 25.467°E / -26.683; 25.467

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