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:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Kareeboom | 5.34 | 66 | Tswana | |
| Kgakala | 1.64 | 9,961 | Tswana | |
| Lebaleng | 0.98 | 8,417 | Tswana | |
| Leeudoringstad | 2.69 | 1,492 | Afrikaans | |
| Makwassie | 7.28 | 3,486 | Tswana | |
| Rulaganyang | 0.37 | 1,269 | Tswana | |
| Tswelelang | 2.29 | 20,101 | Tswana | |
| Witpoort | 17.78 | 374 | Afrikaans | |
| Wolmaransstad | 7.13 | 2,607 | Afrikaans | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 4,598.81 | 20,662 | Tswana |
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.