Moses Kotane Local Municipality

Moses Kotane Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Moses Kotane) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of the municipality is Mogwase.

Moses Kotane
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Mogwase
Wards	31
Government [1]
• 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) [2]
• Black African	98.3%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	0.8%
First languages (2011) [2]
• 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

Main article: Moses Kotane Local Municipality elections

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 2021 South African municipal elections 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