City of Matlosana

City of Matlosana
Local municipality

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Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E / 26.833°S 26.500°E / -26.833; 26.500Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E / 26.833°S 26.500°E / -26.833; 26.500
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat Klerksdorp
Wards 35
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor M Kgaile (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)[2]
 • Black African 81.0%
 • Coloured 3.5%
 • Indian/Asian 0.8%
 • White 14.5%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Tswana 36.7%
 • Sotho 20.3%
 • Afrikaans 17.6%
 • Xhosa 14.3%
 • Other 11.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code NW403

The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Buffelsfontein619010.241,825Sotho
Dominionville619036.24542Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve619048.8618Xhosa
GTC Village619050.41445Sotho
Hartebeesfontein619063.721,275Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine6190760.654,350Sotho
Jouberton6190815.74104,977Tswana
Kanana619099.9066,936Sotho
Khayalihle619100.091,501Xhosa
Khuma619117.0842,963Tswana
Klerksdorp61912115.1759,509Afrikaans
Margaret Mine6191356.230-
Orkney61914137.7015,539Afrikaans
Paballong Village619150.24516Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine619170.32470Tswana
Stilfontein619167.6314,713Afrikaans
Tigane619181.2112,111Tswana
Vaal Reefs619196.1511,345Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality619023,125.0920,194Tswana

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 65,30962,375127,68460.3311546
Democratic Alliance 22,72122,72245,44321.58917
Economic Freedom Fighters 9,9229,83019,7529.3077
Freedom Front Plus 4,2554,1468,4014.0033
Forum 4 Service Delivery 3,3202,8966,1162.9022
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 1,4091,1022,5111.2011
Congress of the People 1881,1081,2960.6011
Pan Africanist Congress 461982440.1000
Movemeant of God 371021390.1000
Independent 90–900.00–0
Total 107,197104,479211,676100.0393877
Spoilt votes 1,7672,3914,158

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Matlosana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Matlosana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.


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