Mogale City Local Municipality
| Mogale City | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
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.svg.png) Location in Gauteng | ||
| Coordinates: 26°0′S 27°40′E / 26.000°S 27.667°ECoordinates: 26°0′S 27°40′E / 26.000°S 27.667°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Gauteng | |
| District | West Rand | |
| Seat | Krugersdorp | |
| Wards | 34 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Koketso Calvin Seerane | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,342 km2 (518 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 362,422 | |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 75.6% | |
| • Coloured | 0.8% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.2% | |
| • White | 21.0% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Tswana | 31.7% | |
| • Afrikaans | 17.2% | |
| • Zulu | 11.2% | |
| • English | 9.7% | |
| • Other | 30.2% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | GT481 | |
Mogale City Local Municipality is a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, in South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagiso | 70101 | 21.12 | 100,940 | Tswana |
| Krugersdorp | 70102 | 195.99 | 86,614 | Afrikaans |
| Magaliesburg | 70103 | 7.43 | 2,512 | Tswana |
| Mogale City | 70109 | 0.61 | 1,411 | Tswana |
| Muldersdrift | 70105 | 18.07 | 599 | Tswana |
| Munsieville | 70106 | 1.81 | 19,837 | Tswana |
| Orient Hills | 70107 | 0.23 | 1,083 | Tswana |
| Rietvallei | 70108 | 2.83 | 31,261 | Tswana |
| Remainder of the municipality | 70104 | 847.97 | 45,457 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one 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 | 62,171 | 63,614 | 125,785 | 60.4 | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 34,467 | 34,078 | 68,545 | 32.9 | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
| People's Civic Organisation | 1,804 | 1,617 | 3,421 | 1.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,605 | 1,544 | 3,149 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,560 | 1,362 | 2,922 | 1.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 679 | 643 | 1,322 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Freedom Party | 509 | 597 | 1,106 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 381 | 568 | 949 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 403 | 351 | 754 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 445 | – | 445 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 104,024 | 104,374 | 208,398 | 100.0 | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,337 | 1,129 | 2,466 | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mogale City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mogale City" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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