Moretele Municipality (; ; ) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. As of 2011, its population was approximately 180,000, a majority of whom speak Setswana as a first language.
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Agisaneng 601019.42120Northern Sotho Amandebele A Lebelo 601024.99154English Bahwaduba 60103180.6832,023Tswana Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha 60104459.1945,114Tswana Bakgatla Ba Mmakau 60105109.411,111Tswana Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho 6010645.8124,329Tswana Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa 60107228.0311,024Tswana Diphala 601080.61820Tswana Jonathan 601094.11114Zulu Kopanong 6011084.9828,839Tsonga Modimole Magogelo 60111104.3211,365Tswana Mogogelo 6011226.0210,500- Moretele 6011330.444,933Setswana Temba 601142.195,310Setswana Thulwe 6011515.15465Tsonga Tsoga o Itirele 6011664.321,687Zulu Ruigtesloot
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-six wards, while the remaining twenty-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 thirty-five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links Official website