Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality
Kgetlengrivier | |
|---|---|
| Location in the North West Location in the North West | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Bojanala Platinum |
| Seat | Koster |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Thabo Jacobs |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,973 km2 (1,534 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 51,049 |
| • Density | 12.85/km2 (33.28/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 |
.svg){kind=link}
Kgetlengrivier Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Kgetlengrivier; Afrikaans: Kgetlengrivier Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.
Main places
[edit | edit source]The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit | edit source]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 ...[4]
Politics
[edit | edit source]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.[5]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source].svg){kind=link}
Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
