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Ditsobotla Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Lichtenburg.
Ditsobotla | |
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Local municipality | |
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 Location in the North West | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Ngaka Modiri Molema |
| Seat | Lichtenburg |
| Wards | 21 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Tsholofelo Moreo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,465 km2 (2,496 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 168,902 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 89.1% |
| • Coloured | 1.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 8.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 78.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.8% |
| • Xhosa | 3.0% |
| • English | 2.4% |
| • Other | 6.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW384 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Bakwena Ba Ga Serobatse | 60901 | 2.37 | 1,392 | Tswana |
| Banogeng | 60902 | 0.72 | 502 | Tswana |
| Boikhutso | 60903 | 2.22 | 16,914 | Tswana |
| Coligny | 60904 | 3.50 | 2,271 | Afrikaans |
| Ga-Raphalane | 60906 | 26.34 | 24,104 | Tswana |
| Itekeng | 60907 | 0.35 | 2,591 | Tswana |
| Itsoseng | 60908 | 7.62 | 22,879 | Tswana |
| Kopano | 60909 | 6.78 | 8,325 | Tswana |
| Lichtenburg | 60910 | 87.13 | 11,927 | Afrikaans |
| Mosiane | 60911 | 1.73 | 1,056 | Tswana |
| Tlhabologang | 60912 | 0.63 | 5,852 | Tswana |
| Remainder of the municipality | 60905 | 6,325.49 | 45,059 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 August 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 15,005 | 50.00 | 17 | 15,625 | 53.19 | 4 | 21 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,195 | 13.98 | 0 | 4,838 | 16.47 | 6 | 6 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,276 | 14.25 | 3 | 4,291 | 14.61 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent candidates | 3,082 | 10.27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,226 | 4.09 | 0 | 1,305 | 4.44 | 2 | 2 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 1,082 | 3.61 | 0 | 1,109 | 3.78 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 401 | 1.34 | 0 | 442 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 770 | 2.62 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 other parties | 740 | 2.47 | 0 | 994 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 30,007 | 100.00 | 20 | 29,374 | 100.00 | 19 | 39 | |
| Valid votes | 30,007 | 97.03 | 29,374 | 95.10 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 918 | 2.97 | 1,515 | 4.90 | ||||
| Total votes | 30,925 | 100.00 | 30,889 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 69,421 | 44.55 | 69,421 | 44.50 | ||||
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 — Ditsobotla". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
External links
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На других языках
[de] Ditsobotla
Ditsobotla (englisch Ditsobotla Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt Ngaka Modiri Molema der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordwest. Der Verwaltungssitz der Gemeinde befindet sich in Lichtenburg. Bürgermeister ist Daniel Tebogo Buthelezi.[1][2]- [en] Ditsobotla Local Municipality
[ru] Дитсоботла
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