Maquassi Hills Local Municipality
Local municipality in North West, South Africa
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Maquassi Hills Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Maquassi Hills; Afrikaans: Maquassi Hills Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.
Maquassi Hills | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the North West | |
| Coordinates: 27°15′S 26°0′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Dr Kenneth Kaunda |
| Seat | Wolmaransstad |
| Wards | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Zandisile Mweli |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,643 km2 (1,793 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 77,794 |
| • Density | 16.76/km2 (43.40/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 88.7% |
| • Coloured | 2.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 8.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 72.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 10.7% |
| • Sotho | 6.6% |
| • Xhosa | 4.1% |
| • Other | 6.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW404 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kareeboom | 62001 | 5.34 | 66 | Tswana |
| Kgakala | 62002 | 1.64 | 9,961 | Tswana |
| Lebaleng | 62003 | 0.98 | 8,417 | Tswana |
| Leeudoringstad | 62004 | 2.69 | 1,492 | Afrikaans |
| Makwassie | 62005 | 7.28 | 3,486 | Tswana |
| Rulaganyang | 62007 | 0.37 | 1,269 | Tswana |
| Tswelelang | 62008 | 2.29 | 20,101 | Tswana |
| Witpoort | 62009 | 17.78 | 374 | Afrikaans |
| Wolmaransstad | 62010 | 7.13 | 2,607 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 62006 | 4,598.81 | 20,662 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 thirteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 10,628 | 62.70 | 11 | 9,877 | 58.59 | 2 | 13 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,616 | 15.43 | 0 | 2,643 | 15.68 | 4 | 4 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,887 | 11.13 | 0 | 1,826 | 10.83 | 2 | 2 | |
| South African Political Association | 648 | 3.82 | 0 | 786 | 4.66 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 597 | 3.52 | 0 | 625 | 3.71 | 1 | 1 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 343 | 2.02 | 0 | 318 | 1.89 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 552 | 3.27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| African Freedom Revolution | 177 | 1.04 | 0 | 161 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 10 | 0.06 | 0 | 41 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 15 | 0.09 | 0 | 28 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent candidates | 30 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16,951 | 100.00 | 11 | 16,857 | 100.00 | 11 | 22 | |
| Valid votes | 16,951 | 97.57 | 16,857 | 97.28 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 423 | 2.43 | 472 | 2.72 | ||||
| Total votes | 17,374 | 100.00 | 17,329 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 36,602 | 47.47 | 36,602 | 47.34 | ||||
