Moretele Local Municipality
Moretele Municipality is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. As of 2011, its population was approximately 180,000, a majority of whom speak Setswana as a first language.
Main places
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 | - | Moretele | 30.44 | 4,933 | Setswana | ||
| Temba | 2.19 | 5,310 | Setswana | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Thulwe | 15.15 | 465 | Tsonga | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tsoga o Itirele | 64.32 | 1,687 | Zulu | - | - | - | - | - |
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Politics
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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress won a majority of thirty-five seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.