City of Matlosana

The City of Matlosana (Tswana: Toropo ya Matlosana; Sotho: Toropo ya Matlosana; Afrikaans: Stad Matlosana; Xhosa: IsiXeko saseMatlosana), formerly the City Council of Klerksdorp, is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

City of Matlosana
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat	Klerksdorp
Wards	35
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cllr Nonhlupheko Tsolela (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,561 km2 (1,375 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	431,231
• Density	121.1/km2 (313.6/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [3]
• Black African	84.3%
• Coloured	2.9%
• White	12.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	36.7%
• Sotho	20.3%
• Afrikaans	17.6%
• Xhosa	14.3%
• Other	11.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW403

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Buffelsfontein	61901	0.24	1,825	Sotho
Dominionville	61903	6.24	542	Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve	61904	8.86	18	Xhosa
GTC Village	61905	0.41	445	Sotho
Hartebeesfontein	61906	3.72	1,275	Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine	61907	60.65	4,350	Sotho
Jouberton	61908	15.74	104,977	Tswana
Kanana	61909	9.90	66,936	Sotho
Khayalihle	61910	0.09	1,501	Xhosa
Khuma	61911	7.08	42,963	Tswana
Klerksdorp	61912	115.17	59,509	Afrikaans
Margaret Mine	61913	56.23	0	-
Orkney	61914	137.70	15,539	Afrikaans
Paballong Village	61915	0.24	516	Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine	61917	0.32	470	Tswana
Stilfontein	61916	7.63	14,713	Afrikaans
Tigane	61918	1.21	12,111	Tswana
Vaal Reefs	61919	6.15	11,345	Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality	61902	3,125.09	20,194	Tswana

Politics

Main article: City of Matlosana Local Municipality elections

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	38,845	51.83	31	39,800	52.60	9	40
	Democratic Alliance	15,511	20.69	7	15,552	20.55	9	16
	Economic Freedom Fighters	8,528	11.38	0	8,750	11.56	9	9
	Freedom Front Plus	6,670	8.90	1	6,571	8.68	6	7
	Forum for Service Delivery	1,737	2.32	0	1,828	2.42	2	2
	Patriotic Alliance	1,386	1.85	0	1,517	2.00	2	2
	African Christian Democratic Party	510	0.68	0	476	0.63	1	1
	Independent candidates	941	1.26	0				0
	6 other parties	825	1.10	0	1,178	1.56	0	0
Total		74,953	100.00	39	75,672	100.00	38	77
Valid votes		74,953	97.82		75,672	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		1,672	2.18		1,504	1.95
Total votes		76,625	100.00		77,176	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		181,905	42.12		181,905	42.43

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 ...^[6]