Rustenburg Local Municipality

Rustenburg Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. Rustenburg is situated at the foot of the Magalies mountain range. Rustenburg was proclaimed a township in 1851. The city of Rustenburg is situated some 112 km northwest from both Johannesburg and Pretoria. It is a malaria-free area. It is the most populous municipality in the North West province.
Rustenburg is a Dutch name meaning "town of rest".

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Code	Area	Population	Most spoken language
Bafokeng		1,040.98	132,277	Tswana
Bakwena Ba Magopa		297.74	16,049	Tswana
Baphalane		2.85	3,399	Tswana
Bapo Ba Ga Mogale		29.41	8,412	Tswana
Boitekong		2.15	21,547	Tswana
Hartebeesfontein		5.89	23,965	Tswana
Magaliesberg Nature Reserve		132.58	1,196	Tswana
Mankwe		1.50	1,463	Tswana
Meriting		1.88	10,711	Tswana
Monakato		3.42	7,602	Tswana
Paardekraal Platinum Mine		0.37	24	Xhosa
Paardekraal		1.91	7,215	Tswana
Phatsima		2.23	5,921	Tswana
Rooikoppies		0.46	3,670	Tswana
Rustenburg Part 1		183.39	67,196	Afrikaans
Rustenburg Part 3		2.58	4,662	Tswana
Sunrise Park, [North West\|Sunrise Park]		2.14	10,312	Tswana
Tlhabane		5.12	31,338	Tswana
Waterval		0.57	979	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality		1,774.55	37,581	Tswana

The municipal council consists of eighty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-four 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 no party won a majority on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.