City of Matlosana

The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.

City of Matlosana
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatKlerksdorp
Wards35
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • Mayor(ANC)
Area
 • Total3,561 km2 (1,375 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total398,676
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African81.0%
 • Coloured3.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White14.5%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Tswana36.7%
 • Sotho20.3%
 • Afrikaans17.6%
 • Xhosa14.3%
 • Other11.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW403

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Buffelsfontein619010.241,825Sotho
Dominionville619036.24542Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve619048.8618Xhosa
GTC Village619050.41445Sotho
Hartebeesfontein619063.721,275Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine6190760.654,350Sotho
Jouberton6190815.74104,977Tswana
Kanana619099.9066,936Sotho
Khayalihle619100.091,501Xhosa
Khuma619117.0842,963Tswana
Klerksdorp61912115.1759,509Afrikaans
Margaret Mine6191356.230-
Orkney61914137.7015,539Afrikaans
Paballong Village619150.24516Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine619170.32470Tswana
Stilfontein619167.6314,713Afrikaans
Tigane619181.2112,111Tswana
Vaal Reefs619196.1511,345Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality619023,125.0920,194Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 forty seats in the council.[4] The following table shows the results of the election.

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress38,84551.833139,80052.60940
Democratic Alliance15,51120.69715,55220.55916
Economic Freedom Fighters8,52811.3808,75011.5699
Freedom Front Plus6,6708.9016,5718.6867
Forum for Service Delivery1,7372.3201,8282.4222
Patriotic Alliance1,3861.8501,5172.0022
African Christian Democratic Party5100.6804760.6311
Independent candidates9411.2600
6 other parties8251.1001,1781.5600
Total74,953100.003975,672100.003877
Valid votes74,95397.8275,67298.05
Invalid/blank votes1,6722.181,5041.95
Total votes76,625100.0077,176100.00
Registered voters/turnout181,90542.12181,90542.43

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 36.0% Setswana; 19.9% Sesotho; 17.3% Afrikaans; 14.0% IsiXhosa; 4.3% English; 2.1% IsiZulu; 1.2% Xitsonga ...[5]

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — City of Matlosana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  5. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=city-of-matlosana-municipality
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