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:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language-----
Agisaneng9.42120Northern Sotho-----
Amandebele A Lebelo4.99154English-----
Bahwaduba180.6832,023Tswana-----
Bakgatla Ba Ga Mosetlha459.1945,114Tswana-----
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau109.411,111Tswana-----
Bakgatla Ba Mphe Batho45.8124,329Tswana-----
Baphuthing Ba Ga Nawa228.0311,024Tswana-----
Diphala0.61820Tswana-----
Jonathan4.11114Zulu-----
Kopanong84.9828,839Tsonga-----
Modimole Magogelo104.3211,365Tswana-----
Mogogelo26.0210,500-Moretele30.444,933Setswana
Temba2.195,310Setswana-----
Thulwe15.15465Tsonga-----
Tsoga o Itirele64.321,687Zulu-----

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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.