Maquassi Hills Local Municipality


Maquassi Hills Municipality is a local municipality within the Dr [Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality], in the North [West Province (South Africa)|North West] province of South Africa.

Main places

The South African [National Census of 2001|2001 census] divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Kareeboom5.3466Tswana
Kgakala1.649,961Tswana
Lebaleng0.988,417Tswana
Leeudoringstad2.691,492Afrikaans
Makwassie7.283,486Tswana
Rulaganyang0.371,269Tswana
Tswelelang2.2920,101Tswana
Witpoort17.78374Afrikaans
Wolmaransstad7.132,607Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality4,598.8120,662Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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|election of 1 November 2021] the African National Congress won a majority of thirteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.