Local Municipality of Madibeng

The Local Municipality of Madibeng is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartebeespoort is also located in the municipality.

Madibeng
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Brits
Wards	41
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jostine Mothibe
Area
• Total	3,839 km^2 (1,482 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	477,381
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	89.3%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	8.9%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	43.5%
• Tsonga	11.0%
• Afrikaans	9.0%
• Northern Sotho	7.9%
• Other	28.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW372

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bafokeng	60201	7.36	17,380	Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau	60202	214.97	58,055	Tswana
Bakwena Ba Magopa	60203	95.43	33,566	Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana Ba Ga Makau	60204	387.26	15,613	Tswana
Bapo Ba Ga Mogale	60205	20.53	37,311	Tswana
Borakalalo Nature Reserve	60206	73.85	48	Tswana
Brits	60207	24.80	12,383	Afrikaans
Damonsville	60208	0.59	1,680	Afrikaans
Elandsdrift	60209	0.08	255	Xhosa
Ga-Rankuwa	60210	508.02	37,533	Tswana
Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve	60211	23.99	42	Afrikaans
Hartebeesfontein New Paradise	60212	1.33	93	Afrikaans
Hartebeespoort	60213	13.27	6,329	Afrikaans
Jonathan	60214	26.87	625	Zulu
Lethlabile	60215	10.38	35,606	Tswana
Magaliesberg Nature Reserve	60217	20.80	329	Afrikaans
Maroelakop	60218	0.47	2,523	Xhosa
Mooinooi	60219	3.15	3,894	Afrikaans
Oskraal	60220	15.74	934	Tswana
Oukasie	60221	3.73	19,627	Tswana
Pelindaba	60222	20.23	156	Afrikaans
Sechaba-Sa-Ba-Taung	60223	27.53	12,306	Sotho
Sonop	60224	3.04	1,946	Afrikaans
Western Platinum Mines	60225	0.79	5,090	Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality	60216	2,310.16	34,936	Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-five 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	63,676	62,254	125,930	54.4	34	11	45
	Democratic Alliance	22,820	22,634	45,454	19.6	6	10	16
	Economic Freedom Fighters	20,143	19,899	40,042	17.3	1	13	14
	Forum 4 Service Delivery	2,958	3,127	6,085	2.6	0	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,867	1,958	3,825	1.7	0	2	2
	African Independent Congress	674	2,606	3,280	1.4	0	1	1
	Independent	1,738	–	1,738	0.8	0	–	0
	Congress of the People	416	469	885	0.4	0	1	1
	Others	1,694	2,571	4,265	1.8	0	0	0
Total		115,986	115,518	231,504	100.0	41	40	81
Spoilt votes		2,347	2,540	4,887

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Madibeng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Madibeng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

External links

• Official site