Ratlou Local Municipality (formerly Setla-Kgobi Local Municipality) is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.
Ratlou | |
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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 | Setlagole |
Wards | 14 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Francisco Ntwe |
Area | |
• Total | 4,884 km2 (1,886 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 107,339 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.2% |
• Coloured | 0.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 0.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 87.9% |
• Sotho | 3.7% |
• English | 2.0% |
• Xhosa | 1.9% |
• Other | 4.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NW381 |
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Barolong Ba Ga Makgobi | 60601 | 309.22 | 2,141 | Tswana |
Barolong Ba Ga Molefe Ba Moata | 60602 | 266.70 | 12,725 | Tswana |
Barolong Boo Rashidi | 60603 | 56.33 | 42 | Tswana |
Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Phoi | 60604 | 650.27 | 71,190 | Tswana |
Batlharo Ba Ga Masibi | 60605 | 952.26 | 15,825 | Tswana |
Remainder of the municipality | 60606 | 2,303.38 | 2,404 | Tswana |
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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.[4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 13,443 | 68.00 | 14 | 13,338 | 67.65 | 5 | 19 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,421 | 12.25 | 0 | 2,519 | 12.78 | 3 | 3 | |
Forum for Service Delivery | 1,913 | 9.68 | 0 | 1,870 | 9.48 | 3 | 3 | |
Democratic Alliance | 819 | 4.14 | 0 | 791 | 4.01 | 1 | 1 | |
United Christian Democratic Party | 431 | 2.18 | 0 | 533 | 2.70 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 289 | 1.46 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 other parties | 454 | 2.30 | 0 | 665 | 3.37 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 19,770 | 100.00 | 14 | 19,716 | 100.00 | 13 | 27 | |
Valid votes | 19,770 | 97.44 | 19,716 | 97.16 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 520 | 2.56 | 577 | 2.84 | ||||
Total votes | 20,290 | 100.00 | 20,293 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 47,187 | 43.00 | 47,187 | 43.01 |
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