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Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.
Kgetlengrivier | |
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Local municipality | |
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 Location in the North West | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Bojanala Platinum |
| Seat | Koster |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Selaledi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,973 km2 (1,534 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 51,049 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 80.1% |
| • Coloured | 1.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
| • White | 16.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 69.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 18.0% |
| • English | 4.4% |
| • Zulu | 1.5% |
| • Other | 6.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW374 |
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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| Borolelo | 60401 | 0.80 | 4,826 | Tswana |
| Derby | 60402 | 1.93 | 1,703 | Tswana |
| Koster | 60404 | 5.90 | 2,141 | Afrikaans |
| Nooitgedacht | 60405 | 1.39 | 353 | Tswana |
| Reagile | 60406 | 1.55 | 8,441 | Tswana |
| Swartruggens | 60407 | 7.53 | 1,536 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 60403 | 3,954.06 | 17,487 | Tswana |
Languages
The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.9% IsiNdebele ...[4]
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining six 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 seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 5,677 | 53.87 | 6 | 5,943 | 58.41 | 1 | 7 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,043 | 9.90 | 0 | 1,361 | 13.38 | 2 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,084 | 10.29 | 0 | 1,267 | 12.45 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,951 | 18.51 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Democratic Alliance | 672 | 6.38 | 0 | 935 | 9.19 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 other parties | 111 | 1.05 | 0 | 668 | 6.57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10,538 | 100.00 | 7 | 10,174 | 100.00 | 6 | 13 | |
| Valid votes | 10,538 | 97.89 | 10,174 | 94.77 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 227 | 2.11 | 561 | 5.23 | ||||
| Total votes | 10,765 | 100.00 | 10,735 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 21,952 | 49.04 | 21,952 | 48.90 | ||||
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]
- "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa".
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kgetlengrivier". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
External links
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На других языках
[de] Kgetlengrivier
Kgetlengrivier (englisch Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality) ist eine Lokalgemeinde im Distrikt Bojanala Platinum in der südafrikanischen Provinz Nordwest. Der Sitz der Gemeinde befindet sich Koster. Bürgermeisterin ist Onnica Dipuo Kim Medupe.[1]- [en] Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality
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