Moses Kotane Local Municipality
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Moses Kotane | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the North West | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Bojanala Platinum |
| Seat | Mogwase |
| Wards | 31 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Peter Molelekeng |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 242,554 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 81.6% |
| • Zulu | 4.1% |
| • Xhosa | 3.4% |
| • English | 3.0% |
| • Other | 7.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW375 |
Moses Kotane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Moses Kotane) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of the municipality is Mogwase.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five 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 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 30,633 | 62.59 | 35 | 31,327 | 66.18 | 11 | 46 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 8,719 | 17.81 | 0 | 9,024 | 19.06 | 13 | 13 | |
| Independent candidates | 3,109 | 6.35 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tsogang Civic Movement | 907 | 1.85 | 0 | 1,066 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 999 | 2.04 | 0 | 921 | 1.95 | 2 | 2 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 888 | 1.81 | 0 | 768 | 1.62 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independents for Communities | 648 | 1.32 | 0 | 990 | 2.09 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 745 | 1.52 | 0 | 861 | 1.82 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bana Ba Thari | 560 | 1.14 | 0 | 578 | 1.22 | 1 | 1 | |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 495 | 1.01 | 0 | 575 | 1.21 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 316 | 0.65 | 0 | 323 | 0.68 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 other parties | 923 | 1.89 | 0 | 900 | 1.90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 48,942 | 100.00 | 35 | 47,333 | 100.00 | 34 | 69 | |
| Valid votes | 48,942 | 97.83 | 47,333 | 97.83 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,084 | 2.17 | 1,051 | 2.17 | ||||
| Total votes | 50,026 | 100.00 | 48,384 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 122,553 | 40.82 | 122,553 | 39.48 | ||||
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