Moretele Local Municipality
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:[4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
Agisaneng | 60101 | 9.42 | 120 | Northern Sotho |
Amandebele A Lebelo | 60102 | 4.99 | 154 | English |
Bahwaduba | 60103 | 180.68 | 32,023 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha | 60104 | 459.19 | 45,114 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau | 60105 | 109.41 | 1,111 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho | 60106 | 45.81 | 24,329 | Tswana |
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa | 60107 | 228.03 | 11,024 | Tswana |
Diphala | 60108 | 0.61 | 820 | Tswana |
Jonathan | 60109 | 4.11 | 114 | Zulu |
Kopanong | 60110 | 84.98 | 28,839 | Tsonga |
Modimole Magogelo | 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 |
Thulwe | 60115 | 15.15 | 465 | Tsonga |
Tsoga o Itirele | 60116 | 64.32 | 1,687 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-eight wards, while the remaining twenty-seven 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
Party | Votes | Seats |
Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total |
|
African National Congress |
41,346 | 42,196 | 83,542 | 83.3 | 27 | 19 | 46 |
|
Democratic Alliance |
3,165 | 2,953 | 6,118 | 6.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
|
National Freedom Party |
1,966 | 1,983 | 3,949 | 3.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
|
African People's Convention |
1,853 | 1,478 | 3,331 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
Pan Africanist Congress |
546 | 354 | 900 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
Congress of the People |
291 | 607 | 898 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
African Christian Democratic Party |
383 | 276 | 659 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
United Christian Democratic Party |
196 | 274 | 470 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Movement Democratic Party |
232 | 72 | 304 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Independent |
170 | – | 170 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 |
Total |
50,148 | 50,193 | 100,341 | 100.0 | 28 | 27 | 55 |
Spoilt votes |
969 | 853 | 1,822 |
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Coordinates: 25°10′S 28°5′E / 25.167°S 28.083°E / -25.167; 28.083