Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality

Kgetlengrivier Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Kgetlengrivier; Afrikaans: Kgetlengrivier Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

Kgetlengrivier
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Koster
Wards	6
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thabo Jacobs
Area
• Total	3,973 km2 (1,534 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	51,049
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	80.1%
• Coloured	1.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	16.8%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Tswana	69.2%
• Afrikaans	18.0%
• English	4.4%
• Zulu	1.5%
• Other	6.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW374

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Borolelo	60401	0.80	4,826	Tswana
Derby	60402	1.93	1,703	Tswana
Koster	60404	5.90	2,141	Afrikaans
Nooitgedacht	60405	1.39	353	Tswana
Reagile	60406	1.55	8,441	Tswana
Swartruggens	60407	7.53	1,536	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	60403	3,954.06	17,487	Tswana

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.9% IsiNdebele ...^[4]

Politics

Main article: Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining six 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 seven seats on the council.

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	5,677	53.87	6	5,943	58.41	1	7
	Freedom Front Plus	1,043	9.90	0	1,361	13.38	2	2
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,084	10.29	0	1,267	12.45	2	2
	Independent candidates	1,951	18.51	1				1
	Democratic Alliance	672	6.38	0	935	9.19	1	1
	5 other parties	111	1.05	0	668	6.57	0	0
Total		10,538	100.00	7	10,174	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		10,538	97.89		10,174	94.77
Invalid/blank votes		227	2.11		561	5.23
Total votes		10,765	100.00		10,735	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,952	49.04		21,952	48.90