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The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.
City of Matlosana | |
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Local municipality | |
 Seal | |
 Location in the North West | |
| Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Dr Kenneth Kaunda |
| Seat | Klerksdorp |
| Wards | 35 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Cllr Nonhlupheko Tsolela (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,561 km2 (1,375 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 398,676 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 81.0% |
| • Coloured | 3.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 14.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 36.7% |
| • Sotho | 20.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 17.6% |
| • Xhosa | 14.3% |
| • Other | 11.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW403 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffelsfontein | 61901 | 0.24 | 1,825 | Sotho |
| Dominionville | 61903 | 6.24 | 542 | Afrikaans |
| Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve | 61904 | 8.86 | 18 | Xhosa |
| GTC Village | 61905 | 0.41 | 445 | Sotho |
| Hartebeesfontein | 61906 | 3.72 | 1,275 | Afrikaans |
| Hartebeestfontein Mine | 61907 | 60.65 | 4,350 | Sotho |
| Jouberton | 61908 | 15.74 | 104,977 | Tswana |
| Kanana | 61909 | 9.90 | 66,936 | Sotho |
| Khayalihle | 61910 | 0.09 | 1,501 | Xhosa |
| Khuma | 61911 | 7.08 | 42,963 | Tswana |
| Klerksdorp | 61912 | 115.17 | 59,509 | Afrikaans |
| Margaret Mine | 61913 | 56.23 | 0 | - |
| Orkney | 61914 | 137.70 | 15,539 | Afrikaans |
| Paballong Village | 61915 | 0.24 | 516 | Xhosa |
| Stilfontein Gold Mine | 61917 | 0.32 | 470 | Tswana |
| Stilfontein | 61916 | 7.63 | 14,713 | Afrikaans |
| Tigane | 61918 | 1.21 | 12,111 | Tswana |
| Vaal Reefs | 61919 | 6.15 | 11,345 | Xhosa |
| Remainder of the municipality | 61902 | 3,125.09 | 20,194 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 forty seats in the council.[4] The following table shows the results of the election.
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 38,845 | 51.83 | 31 | 39,800 | 52.60 | 9 | 40 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 15,511 | 20.69 | 7 | 15,552 | 20.55 | 9 | 16 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 8,528 | 11.38 | 0 | 8,750 | 11.56 | 9 | 9 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 6,670 | 8.90 | 1 | 6,571 | 8.68 | 6 | 7 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 1,737 | 2.32 | 0 | 1,828 | 2.42 | 2 | 2 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 1,386 | 1.85 | 0 | 1,517 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 510 | 0.68 | 0 | 476 | 0.63 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 941 | 1.26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 other parties | 825 | 1.10 | 0 | 1,178 | 1.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 74,953 | 100.00 | 39 | 75,672 | 100.00 | 38 | 77 | |
| Valid votes | 74,953 | 97.82 | 75,672 | 98.05 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,672 | 2.18 | 1,504 | 1.95 | ||||
| Total votes | 76,625 | 100.00 | 77,176 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 181,905 | 42.12 | 181,905 | 42.43 | ||||
Languages
The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 36.0% Setswana; 19.9% Sesotho; 17.3% Afrikaans; 14.0% IsiXhosa; 4.3% English; 2.1% IsiZulu; 1.2% Xitsonga ...[5]
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — City of Matlosana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa".
External links
Municipalities of the North West | ||||||||||
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List of municipalities in the North West | ||||||||||
На других языках
[de] City of Matlosana
City of Matlosana (englisch City of Matlosana Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt Dr Kenneth Kaunda der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordwest. Der Sitz der Verwaltung befindet sich in Klerksdorp. Bürgermeister ist Maetu E. Kgaile.[1]- [en] City of Matlosana
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