Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality


Kgetlengrivier Municipality is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Borolelo0.804,826Tswana
Derby1.931,703Tswana
Koster5.902,141Afrikaans
Nooitgedacht1.39353Tswana
Reagile1.558,441Tswana
Swartruggens7.531,536Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality3,954.0617,487Tswana

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality:
67.1% Setswana;
17.4% Afrikaans;
4.2% English;
1.4% IsiZulu;
1.3% Sesotho;
1.0% IsiXhosa;
0.9% IsiNdebele...

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining 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 won a majority of seven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.