The Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality (), formerly the Bophirima District Municipality, is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Vryburg. As of 2011, the majority of its 439,637 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC39. It is South Africa's largest beef producing district, with Hereford cattle the most popular. It is sometimes called "the Texas of South Africa". Maize and peanuts are important crops produced in the district. The district was renamed after the former Mayor of Vryburg, Ruth Mompati.

Geography Neighbours Mompati District is surrounded (clockwise) by: the republic of Botswana to the north Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality to the north-east Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality to the south-east Lejweleputswa District Municipality (Free State province) to the south-east Frances Baard District Municipality (Northern Cape province) to the south Kgalagadi District Municipality (Northern Cape province) to the west

Local municipalities The district contains the following 5 local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageGreater Taung 177 642 38.30%TswanaKagisano-Molopo 105 789 22.81%TswanaNaledi 66 781 14.40%TswanaMamusa 60 355 13.01%TswanaLekwa-Teemane 53 248 11.48%Tswana

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%Tswana 384 956 83.60%Afrikaans 35 213 7.65%English 8 696 1.89%Sotho 8 118 1.76%Xhosa 7 092 1.54%Ndebele 4 310 0.94%Other4 287 0.93%Zulu 3 964 0.86%Sign language 1 766 0.38%Northern Sotho 1 211 0.26%Tsonga 481 0.10%Venda 214 0.05% Swati 155 0.03%

Gender GenderPopulation%Female 239,097 51.55%Male 224,718 48.45%

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 423,980 91.41%Coloured 18,346 3.96%White 18,127 3.91%Indian/Asian 1,358 0.43%

Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 50 051 11.38%005 - 009 55 303 12.58%010 - 014 56 825 12.93%015 - 019 52 129 11.86%020 - 024 38 481 8.75%025 - 029 31 184 7.09%030 - 034 26 780 6.09%035 - 039 25 234 5.74%040 - 044 22 162 5.04%045 - 049 18 354 4.17%050 - 054 14 801 3.37%055 - 059 12 882 2.93%060 - 064 10 892 2.48%065 - 069 8 520 1.94%070 - 074 6 443 1.47%075 - 079 4 755 1.08%080 - 084 2 993 0.68%085 - 089 1 124 0.26%090 - 094 469 0.11%095 - 099 190 0.04%100 plus 65 0.01%

Politics Election results Election results for Mompati District in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 245 386 (55.82% of total population) Total votes: 153 517 (34.92% of total population) Voting % estimate: 62.56% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 124 832 81.31% United Christian Democratic Party 14 626 9.53% Democratic Alliance 4 866 3.17% African Christian Democratic Party 1 708 1.11% Pan African Congress 1 531 1.00% Freedom Front Plus 1 473 0.96% Independent Democrats 938 0.61% United Democratic Movement 777 0.51% New National Party 673 0.44% Azanian People's Organisation 586 0.38% EMSA 254 0.17% Inkhata Freedom Party 247 0.16% SOPA 217 0.14% PJC 141 0.09% NA 135 0.09% CDP 130 0.08% UF 130 0.08% TOP 111 0.07% NLP 56 0.04% KISS 48 0.03% Minority Front 38 0.02% Total 153 517 100.00% Results From Local Government Election 2021

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati - Municipal election results Party NameAbbr.Total Valid Votes% TotalValid VotesAfrican National CongressANC60 75760,43%Economic Freedom FightersEFF20 70320,59%Democratic AllianceDA5 7435,71%Azanian Independent Community MovementAICM4 1274,10%Forum 4 Service DeliveryF4SD2 7412,73%Vryheidsfront PlusVF PLUS2 4502,44%United Christian Democratic PartyUCDP1 1821,18%Congress of the PeopleCOPE6690,67%Patriotic AlliancePA6390,64%African Christian Democratic PartyACDP6080,60%African Transformation MovementATM4620,46%Inkatha Freedom PartyIFP4580,46%Total Valid Votes100 539100,00%

Corruption In November 2023, the municipality was reported as having spent R38 million on a call centre, which included highly inflated prices for equipment, such as a recurring monthly fee of R469 per mouse, an item which would cost around R300 to purchase.

References

External links Bophirima DM Official Website