Mogale City Local Municipality

Mogale City Local Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Mogale City; Afrikaans: Mogale City Munisipaliteit; Zulu: UMasipala wase Mogale City) is a local municipality within the West Rand District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

Mogale City
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°0′S 27°40′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	West Rand
Seat	Krugersdorp
Wards	34
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
Area
• Total	1,342 km2 (518 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	362,422
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	75.6%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	2.2%
• White	21.0%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Tswana	31.7%
• Afrikaans	17.2%
• Zulu	11.2%
• English	9.7%
• Other	30.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	GT481

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Kagiso	70101	21.12	100,940	Tswana
Krugersdorp	70102	195.99	86,614	Afrikaans
Magaliesburg	70103	7.43	2,512	Tswana
Mogale City	70109	0.61	1,411	Tswana
Muldersdrift	70105	18.07	599	Tswana
Munsieville	70106	1.81	19,837	Tswana
Orient Hills	70107	0.23	1,083	Tswana
Rietvallei	70108	2.83	31,261	Tswana
Remainder of the municipality	70104	847.97	45,457	Tswana

Politics

Main article: Mogale City 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 plurality of thirty-one seats on the council but failed to win an overall majority by eight seats. At the first council meeting on 23 November 2021, the DA's Tyrone Gray was elected mayor and the DA's Jacqueline Pannall was elected speaker.^[4]

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

Mogale City local election, 1 November 2021
Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	36,370	35,570	71,940	40.2%	27	4	31
	Democratic Alliance	28,798	28,983	57,781	32.3%	12	13	25
	Economic Freedom Fighters	12,477	12,396	24,873	13.9%	0	11	11
	Freedom Front Plus	7,099	6,835	13,934	7.8%	0	6	6
	Inkatha Freedom Party	1,476	971	2,447	1.4%	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	876	931	1,807	1.0%	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress of Azania	662	641	1,303	0.7%	0	1	1
	African Transformation Movement	518	523	1,041	0.6%	0	1	1
	Independent candidates	379	–	379	0.2%	0	–	0
	12 other parties	1,377	2,206	3,583	2.0%	0	0	0
Total		90,032	89,056	179,088		39	38	77
Valid votes		90,032	89,056	179,088	98.2%
Spoilt votes		1,446	1,747	3,193	1.8%
Total votes cast		91,478	90,803	182,281
Voter turnout		91,915
Registered voters		188,367
Turnout percentage		48.8%

Management

As of 2021 the municipality's debt with Eskom was in excess of R361 million, but it was honoring its payments in terms of their signed agreement.^[6]

See also

• List of South African municipalities