Joe Morolong Municipality (), formerly Moshaweng Municipality, is a local municipality within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Moshaweng is a Setswana name for "place of sand". South African Languages - Place names
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 Batlhaping Ba Ga Jantjie 621010.7348Tswana Batlhaping Ba Ga Sehunelo 62102737.163,305Tswana Batlharo Ba Ga Motlhware 621032,647.0927,063Tswana Batlharo Ba Ga Phadima 62104451.266,531Tswana Batlharo Ba Lotlhware 62105169.221,050Tswana Blackrock 3950117.111,002Afrikaans Hotazel 3950229.921,232Tswana Kalahari 3950310,651.433,166Tswana Kudumane 621062,024.2246,111Tswana Van Zylsrus 395040.90848Tswana
Demographics According to the 2022 South African census, the municipality had a population of 125,420 people. Of those, 97.5% identified as "Black African," 1.4% as "Coloured," and 0.6% as "White."
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen 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 eighteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. Joe Morolong local election, 1 November 2021 Party Votes Seats Ward List Total % Ward List Total 14,419 15,174 29,593 60.2% 13 5 18 6,754 6,817 13,571 27.6% 2 6 8 770 793 1,563 3.2% 0 1 1 1,313 – 1,313 2.7% 0 – 0 464 746 1,210 2.5% 0 1 1 341 415 756 1.5% 0 1 1 255 448 703 1.4% 0 0 0 211 232 443 0.9% 0 0 0 Total 24,527 24,625 49,152 15 14 29 Valid votes 24,527 24,625 49,152 96.6% Spoilt votes 859 857 1,716 3.4% Total votes cast 25,386 25,482 50,868 Voter turnout 25,836 Registered voters 49,979 Turnout percentage 51.7%
References
External links Official website