Tswaing Local Municipality

Tswaing Local Municipality is a local Municipality consisting of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal in the Central District Municipality situated in the North West Province of South Africa.

Tswaing
Local municipality
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Ngaka Modiri Molema
Seat	Delareyville
Wards	15
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Manketse Tlhape
Area
• Total	5,966 km^2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	124,218
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	92.4%
• Coloured	1.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	5.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	83.5%
• Afrikaans	6.8%
• Sotho	2.5%
• Xhosa	2.2%
• Other	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW382

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Agisanang	60701	1.22	6,138	Tswana
Atamelang	60702	1.67	5,240	Tswana
Bakolobeng	60703	8.25	5,726	Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Seitshwaro	60704	47.41	25,243	Tswana
Bopanang	60705	7.72	16,581	Tswana
Delareyville	60706	4.18	2,717	Tswana
Kopano	60707	1.54	649	Tswana
Letsopa	60708	1.31	11,779	Tswana
Mixed TA	60709	663.59	1,141	Tswana
Ottosdal	60710	2.43	1,264	Tswana
Sannieshof	60711	2.13	1,281	Tswana
Remainder of the municipality	60712	5,224.63	36,379	Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 twenty 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	17,180	17,682	34,862	68.2	15	5	20
	Democratic Alliance	4,267	4,255	8,522	16.7	0	5	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,474	2,392	4,866	9.5	0	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	440	372	812	1.6	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	310	259	569	1.1	0	0	0
	United Christian Democratic Party	255	290	545	1.1	0	0	0
	Forum 4 Service Delivery	122	230	352	0.7	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	99	158	257	0.5	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	41	99	140	0.3	0	0	0
	Independent	136	–	136	0.3	0	–	0
	Agang SA	15	35	50	0.1	0	0	0
Total		25,339	25,772	51,111	100.0	15	14	29
Spoilt votes		669	745	1,414

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: Tswaing" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Tswaing" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2017.