Bojanala Platinum is one of the 4 districts of North West province of South Africa. The seat of Bojanala Platinum is Rustenburg. The majority of its 1,507,505 people speak Setswana (2011 Census). The district code is DC37.
Bojanala Platinum | |
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District municipality | |
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![]() Location in South Africa | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | North West |
Seat | Rustenburg |
Local municipalities | List
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Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Lj Diremelo |
Area | |
• Total | 18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,507,505 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 91.4% |
• Coloured | 0.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
• White | 7.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 55.3% |
• Tsonga | 8.1% |
• Afrikaans | 7.2% |
• Xhosa | 5.6% |
• Other | 23.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC37 |
Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
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Rustenburg | 549 575 | 36.46% | Tswana |
Madibeng | 447,381 | 29.68% | Tswana |
Moses Kotane | 242,554 | 16.09% | Tswana |
Moretele | 186,947 | 12.40% | Tswana |
Kgetlengrivier | 51,049 | 3.39% | Tswana |
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
Language | Population | % |
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Setswana | 818,050 | 55.34% |
Xitsonga | 119,090 | 8.06% |
Afrikaans | 106,561 | 7.21% |
IsiXhosa | 82,701 | 5.59% |
Sepedi | 75,539 | 5.11% |
Sesotho | 67,458 | 4.56% |
English | 57,187 | 3.87% |
IsiZulu | 54,661 | 3.70% |
Other | 39,869 | 2.70% |
IsiNdebele | 26,481 | 1.79% |
Tshivenda | 14,329 | 0.97% |
SiSwati | 9,632 | 0.65% |
Gender | Population | % |
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Male | 794,529 | 52.70% |
Female | 712,977 | 47.30% |
Ethnic group | Population | % |
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Black African | 1,093,177 | 92.23% |
White | 82,045 | 6.92% |
Coloured | 6,360 | 0.54% |
Indian/Asian | 3,743 | 0.32% |
Age | Population | % |
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000 - 004 | 108,805 | 9.18% |
005 - 009 | 113,058 | 9.54% |
010 - 014 | 121,707 | 10.27% |
015 - 019 | 115,306 | 9.73% |
020 - 024 | 110,477 | 9.32% |
025 - 029 | 111,264 | 9.39% |
030 - 034 | 98,631 | 8.32% |
035 - 039 | 93,814 | 7.91% |
040 - 044 | 81,984 | 6.92% |
045 - 049 | 62,264 | 5.25% |
050 - 054 | 44,466 | 3.75% |
055 - 059 | 34,288 | 2.89% |
060 - 064 | 27,783 | 2.34% |
065 - 069 | 21,309 | 1.80% |
070 - 074 | 16,438 | 1.39% |
075 - 079 | 10,575 | 0.89% |
080 - 084 | 7,800 | 0.66% |
085 - 089 | 3,115 | 0.26% |
090 - 094 | 1,424 | 0.12% |
095 - 099 | 614 | 0.05% |
100 plus | 203 | 0.02% |
Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004.
Party | Votes | % |
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African National Congress | 372,834 | 83.62% |
Democratic Alliance | 25,214 | 5.66% |
United Christian Democratic Party | 20,370 | 4.57% |
United Democratic Movement | 7,472 | 1.68% |
African Christian Democratic Party | 5,085 | 1.14% |
Freedom Front Plus | 4,022 | 0.90% |
Pan African Congress | 2,964 | 0.66% |
New National Party | 1,597 | 0.36% |
Independent Democrats | 1,426 | 0.32% |
Inkhata Freedom Party | 1,384 | 0.31% |
Azanian People's Organisation | 996 | 0.22% |
NA | 477 | 0.11% |
SOPA | 424 | 0.10% |
EMSA | 346 | 0.08% |
CDP | 293 | 0.07% |
UF | 268 | 0.06% |
PJC | 190 | 0.04% |
TOP | 187 | 0.04% |
KISS | 122 | 0.03% |
Minority Front | 100 | 0.02% |
NLP | 85 | 0.02% |
Total | 445,856 | 100.00% |
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List of municipalities in the North West |