Moretele Local Municipality

Moretele Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Moretele; Tsonga: Masipala wa Moretele; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Moretele) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. As of 2011, its population was approximately 180,000, a majority of whom speak Setswana as a first language.

Moretele
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Makapanstad
Wards	26
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cllr Andries Monageng (ANC)
• PR Cllr and ACG Whip in Council	Cllr. Shangy Mbekwa
Area
• Total	1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	186,947
• Density	135.6/km2 (351.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Tswana	51.7%
• Tsonga	18.4%
• Northern Sotho	13.9%
• Zulu	3.5%
• Other	12.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW371

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Agisaneng	60101	9.42	120	Northern Sotho
Amandebele A Lebelo	60102	4.99	154	English
Bahwaduba	60103	180.68	32,023	Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha	60104	459.19	45,114	Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau	60105	109.41	1,111	Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho	60106	45.81	24,329	Tswana
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa	60107	228.03	11,024	Tswana
Diphala	60108	0.61	820	Tswana
Jonathan	60109	4.11	114	Zulu
Kopanong	60110	84.98	28,839	Tsonga
Modimole Magogelo	60111	104.32	11,365	Tswana
Mogogelo	60112	26.02	10,500	-	Moretele	60113	30.44	4,933	Setswana
Temba	60114	2.19	5,310	Setswana
Thulwe	60115	15.15	465	Tsonga
Tsoga o Itirele	60116	64.32	1,687	Zulu

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Politics

Main article: Moretele Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-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 thirty-five 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	25,468	62.81	26	26,922	67.50	9	35
	Economic Freedom Fighters	6,416	15.82	0	6,939	17.40	9	9
	Democratic Alliance	1,667	4.11	0	1,730	4.34	2	2
	Independent candidates	2,246	5.54	0				0
	Forum for Service Delivery	960	2.37	0	1,202	3.01	2	2
	Agenda to Citizenry Governors	1,238	3.05	0	764	1.92	1	1
	African Independent Congress	824	2.03	0	912	2.29	1	1
	Defenders of the People	569	1.40	0	471	1.18	1	1
	Economic Emancipation Forum	609	1.50	0	28	0.07	1	1
	8 other parties	551	1.36	0	918	2.30	0	0
Total		40,548	100.00	26	39,886	100.00	26	52
Valid votes		40,548	97.91		39,886	97.33
Invalid/blank votes		864	2.09		1,094	2.67
Total votes		41,412	100.00		40,980	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		94,713	43.72		94,713	43.27