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Tswaing Local Municipality

Coordinates: 26°41′S 25°28′E / 26.683°S 25.467°E / -26.683; 25.467
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Tswaing
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictNgaka Modiri Molema
SeatDelareyville
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNorah Mahlanghu
Area
 • Total
5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
124,218
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African92.4%
 • Coloured1.4%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White5.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana83.5%
 • Afrikaans6.8%
 • Sotho2.5%
 • Xhosa2.2%
 • Other5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW382

Tswaing Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Tswaing) is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It consists of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal.

Main places

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The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Atamelang 666020 2.00 5.189 Tswana
Deelpan 666001 5.37 4,822 Tswana
Delareyville 666024 36.53 10,630 Tswana
Diretsane 666010 2.21 1,434 Tswana
Doomlagte 666006 1.96 572 Tswana
Ganalaagte 666014 2.92 2,830 Tswana
Geluk 666012 0.60 353 Tswana
Geysdorp 666022 3.58 1,365 Tswana
Khunwana [ceb] 666004 17.92 7,651 Tswana
Kopela 666009 5.25 5,187 Tswana
Letsopa 666025 2.58 17,488 Tswana
Majaneng 666017 1.01 709 Tswana
Majeng 666013 2.43 1,501 Tswana
Manamolele 666021 2.96 7,695 Tswana
Mandela Park 666016 0.32 829 Tswana
Manonyane 666019 0.85 573 Tswana
Mofufutso 666008 4.52 2,467 Tswana
Mokope 666018 1.16 717 Tswana
Ottosdal 666026 5.15 884 Afrikaans
Rakgwedi 666015 1.55 3,021 Tswana
Saleng 666011 2.53 1,262 Tswana
Sannieshof 666023 5.42 11,016 Tswana
Thaba Sione 666003 3.00 1,195 Tswana
Thawane 666005 0.66 316 Tswana
Witpan 666007 2.38 1,148 Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 666002 5,851.41 36,379 Tswana

Politics

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The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress13,20564.411413,14065.51519
Economic Freedom Fighters2,60012.6802,81014.0144
Democratic Alliance2,58512.6102,54912.7144
Freedom Front Plus5742.8006083.0311
Independent candidates1,0825.2800
4 other parties4552.2209524.7500
Total20,501100.001420,059100.001428
Valid votes20,50197.7420,05995.65
Invalid/blank votes4732.269134.35
Total votes20,974100.0020,972100.00
Registered voters/turnout48,90042.8948,90042.89

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Tswaing". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.

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