Tswaing Local Municipality

Tswaing Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Tswaing) is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It consists of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal.

Tswaing
Local municipality
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Ngaka Modiri Molema
Seat	Delareyville
Wards	14
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Norah Mahlanghu
Area
• Total	5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	124,218
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	92.4%
• Coloured	1.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	5.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	83.5%
• Afrikaans	6.8%
• Sotho	2.5%
• Xhosa	2.2%
• Other	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW382

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:^[4]

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Atamelang	666020	2.00	5.189	Tswana
Deelpan	666001	5.37	4,822	Tswana
Delareyville	666024	36.53	10,630	Tswana
Diretsane	666010	2.21	1,434	Tswana
Doomlagte	666006	1.96	572	Tswana
Ganalaagte	666014	2.92	2,830	Tswana
Geluk	666012	0.60	353	Tswana
Geysdorp	666022	3.58	1,365	Tswana
Khunwana [ceb]	666004	17.92	7,651	Tswana
Kopela	666009	5.25	5,187	Tswana
Letsopa	666025	2.58	17,488	Tswana
Majaneng	666017	1.01	709	Tswana
Majeng	666013	2.43	1,501	Tswana
Manamolele	666021	2.96	7,695	Tswana
Mandela Park	666016	0.32	829	Tswana
Manonyane	666019	0.85	573	Tswana
Mofufutso	666008	4.52	2,467	Tswana
Mokope	666018	1.16	717	Tswana
Ottosdal	666026	5.15	884	Afrikaans
Rakgwedi	666015	1.55	3,021	Tswana
Saleng	666011	2.53	1,262	Tswana
Sannieshof	666023	5.42	11,016	Tswana
Thaba Sione	666003	3.00	1,195	Tswana
Thawane	666005	0.66	316	Tswana
Witpan	666007	2.38	1,148	Tswana
Remainder of the municipality	666002	5,851.41	36,379	Tswana

Politics

Main article: Tswaing Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 nineteen seats on the council.

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	13,205	64.41	14	13,140	65.51	5	19
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,600	12.68	0	2,810	14.01	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	2,585	12.61	0	2,549	12.71	4	4
	Freedom Front Plus	574	2.80	0	608	3.03	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,082	5.28	0				0
	4 other parties	455	2.22	0	952	4.75	0	0
Total		20,501	100.00	14	20,059	100.00	14	28
Valid votes		20,501	97.74		20,059	95.65
Invalid/blank votes		473	2.26		913	4.35
Total votes		20,974	100.00		20,972	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		48,900	42.89		48,900	42.89

Financial mismanagement

In January 2025, the municipality was listed as one of the top ten municipalities in arrears on their pension contributions.^[6]