Maquassi Hills Local Municipality

Maquassi Hills Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.

Maquassi Hills
Local municipality
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 [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Zandisile Mweli
Area
• Total	4,643 km^2 (1,793 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	77,794
• Density	17/km^2 (43/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	88.7%
• Coloured	2.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	8.2%
First languages (2011) [3]
• 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:[4]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	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 03 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fourteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	13,465	13,320	26,785	64.8	10	4	14
	Democratic Alliance	2,750	2,785	5,535	13.4	1	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,264	2,285	4,549	11.0	0	2	2
	Forum 4 Service Delivery	1,492	1,467	2,959	7.2	0	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	447	475	922	2.2	0	1	1
	Lebaleng Communist Party	143	146	289	0.7	0	0	0
	Patriotic Alliance	32	91	123	0.3	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	57	66	123	0.3	0	0	0
	Independent	72	–	72	0.2	0	–	0
Total		20,722	20,635	41,357	100.0	11	11	22
Spoilt votes		672	697	1,369

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: Maquassi Hills" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Maquassi Hills" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

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