Naledi Local Municipality, North West

"Naledi Local Municipality" redirects here. For the defunct municipality in the Free State, see Naledi Local Municipality, Free State.

Naledi Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Naledi; Afrikaans: Naledi Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Vryburg.

Naledi
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Seat	Vryburg
Wards	9
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cliffton J. Groep (ANC) [2]
Area
• Total	6,941 km2 (2,680 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	66,781
• Density	9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [3]
• Black African	74.0%
• Coloured	14.7%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	9.5%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	68.8%
• Afrikaans	23.8%
• English	3.4%
• Other	4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW392
Website	www.naledilm.co.za

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Huhudi	61201	4.09	21,572	Tswana
Stella	61203	6.74	1,109	Afrikaans
Vryburg	61204	64.13	14,601	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	61202	7,192.18	20,827	Tswana

Politics

Main article: Naledi Local Municipality, North West elections

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 ten seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[5]

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	7,154	53.57	8	7,374	54.07	2	10
	Democratic Alliance	2,265	16.96	1	2,287	16.77	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,177	16.30	0	2,220	16.28	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	631	4.72	0	606	4.44	1	1
	Azanian Independent Community Movement	444	3.32	0	446	3.27	1	1
	Independent candidates	190	1.42	0				0
	6 other parties	494	3.70	0	704	5.16	0	0
Total		13,355	100.00	9	13,637	100.00	9	18
Valid votes		13,355	96.94		13,637	96.94
Invalid/blank votes		421	3.06		431	3.06
Total votes		13,776	100.00		14,068	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,845	43.26		31,845	44.18