Moses Kotane Local Municipality
Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of local municipality is Mogwase.
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| 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 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amahlubi | 60501 | 563.29 | 3,646 | Xhosa |
| Bafokeng | 60502 | 138.54 | 4,305 | Tswana |
| Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela | 60503 | 1,166.89 | 75,072 | Tswana |
| Bakubung Ba Ratheo | 60504 | 203.24 | 19,800 | Tswana |
| Bakwena Ba Mare A Phogole | 60505 | 72.95 | 3,314 | Tswana |
| Bakwena Boo Modimosana | 60506 | 235.27 | 14,364 | Tswana |
| Baphalane | 60507 | 656.08 | 22,101 | Tswana |
| Baphiring | 60508 | 152.35 | 8,887 | Tswana |
| Bapo 2 Ba Ga Mogale | 60509 | 5.08 | 4,415 | Tswana |
| BAPO 2 | 60510 | 0.82 | 1,643 | Tswana |
| Barokologadi Ba Ga Maotwa | 60511 | 289.33 | 7,100 | Tswana |
| Bataung Ba Moubane | 60512 | 1.52 | 529 | Tswana |
| Batlhako Boo Mututu Ba Ga Mabe | 60513 | 305.38 | 15,526 | Tswana |
| Batlhalerwa | 60514 | 641.83 | 9,224 | Tswana |
| Batlokwa Ba Bogatsu | 60515 | 212.95 | 16,518 | Tswana |
| Batlokwa Ba Ga Sedumedi | 60516 | 17.76 | 7,044 | Tswana |
| Batlokwa Boo Matlapane | 60517 | 70.26 | 1,444 | Tswana |
| Dinokaneng | 60518 | 128.10 | 48 | Tswana |
| Mahobieskraal | 60519 | 0.64 | 0 | - |
| Makuntlwane A Kgote | 60520 | 4.70 | 1,689 | Tswana |
| Mixed TA | 60521 | 63.00 | 0 | - |
| Mogwase | 60522 | 15.76 | 9,342 | Tswana |
| Mokgatlha | 60523 | 4.95 | 4,252 | Tswana |
| Mokgautsi | 60524 | 2.18 | 2,271 | Tswana |
| Molorwe | 60525 | 2.43 | 2,232 | Tswana |
| Sun City | 60526 | 64.28 | 2,590 | English |
| Zwartklip | 60527 | 3.54 | 1,413 | Xhosa |
| Remainder of the municipality | 60525 | 194.14 | 337 | Tswana |
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 election of 3 August 2016 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 | ||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Moses Kotane". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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