Moretele Local Municipality
Moretele is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Population: 180,000.The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
Agisaneng | | 9.42 | 120 | Northern Sotho |
Amandebele A Lebelo | | 4.99 | 154 | English |
Bahwaduba | | 180.68 | 32,023 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha | | 459.19 | 45,114 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau | | 109.41 | 1,111 | Tswana |
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho | | 45.81 | 24,329 | Tswana |
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa | | 228.03 | 11,024 | Tswana |
Diphala | | 0.61 | 820 | Tswana |
Jonathan | | 4.11 | 114 | Zulu |
Kopanong | | 84.98 | 28,839 | Tsonga |
Modimole Magogelo | | 104.32 | 11,365 | Tswana |
Mogogelo | | 26.02 | 10,500 | Tsonga |
Moretele | | 30.44 | 4,933 | Northern Sotho |
Temba | | 2.19 | 5,310 | Tsonga |
Thulwe | | 15.15 | 465 | Tsonga |
Tsoga o Itirele | | 64.32 | 1,687 | Zulu |
RuigteslootPolitics
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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of thirty-eight seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.