Moses Kotane Municipality () is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of the municipality is Mogwase.
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 Amahlubi 60501563.293,646Xhosa Bafokeng 60502138.544,305Tswana Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela 605031,166.8975,072Tswana Bakubung Ba Ratheo 60504203.2419,800Tswana Bakwena Ba Mare A Phogole 6050572.953,314Tswana Bakwena Boo Modimosana 60506235.2714,364Tswana Baphalane 60507656.0822,101Tswana Baphiring 60508152.358,887Tswana Bapo 2 Ba Ga Mogale 605095.084,415Tswana BAPO 2 605100.821,643Tswana Barokologadi Ba Ga Maotwa 60511289.337,100Tswana Bataung Ba Moubane 605121.52529Tswana Batlhako Boo Mututu Ba Ga Mabe 60513305.3815,526Tswana Batlhalerwa 60514641.839,224Tswana Batlokwa Ba Bogatsu 60515212.9516,518Tswana Batlokwa Ba Ga Sedumedi 6051617.767,044Tswana Batlokwa Boo Matlapane 6051770.261,444Tswana Dinokaneng 60518128.1048Tswana Mahobieskraal 605190.640 - Makuntlwane A Kgote 605204.701,689Tswana Mixed TA 6052163.000 - Mogwase 6052215.769,342Tswana Mokgatlha 605234.954,252Tswana Mokgautsi 605242.182,271Tswana Molorwe 605252.432,232Tswana Sun City 6052664.282,590English Zwartklip 605273.541,413Xhosa Remainder of the municipality 60525194.14337Tswana
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
Education
J M Ntsime High School is situated in Zone 4 Mogwase, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, on the outskirts of Rustenburg, South Africa. The school was established in 1989 from Nkakane High School which used to share premises with Mogwase Middle School. It is named after a famous Setswana novelist, dramatist and former minister of education of the Bophuthatswana homeland government, J M Ntsime, to acknowledge his contribution to preserve the language and culture. The school has a student body of over 800, and staff including 40 teachers.
References
External links Official site