Ratlou Local Municipality
Ratlou Municipality, formerly Setla-Kgobi Municipality, is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Barolong Ba Ga Makgobi | 309.22 | 2,141 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Ba Ga Molefe Ba Moata | 266.70 | 12,725 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Rashidi | 56.33 | 42 | Tswana | |
| Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Phoi | 650.27 | 71,190 | Tswana | |
| Batlharo Ba Ga Masibi | 952.26 | 15,825 | Tswana | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 2,303.38 | 2,404 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 nineteen seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.