Tswaing Local Municipality


Tswaing Municipality is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It consists of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Atamelang2.005.189Tswana
Deelpan5.374,822Tswana
Delareyville36.5310,630Tswana
Diretsane2.211,434Tswana
Doomlagte1.96572Tswana
Ganalaagte2.922,830Tswana
Geluk0.60353Tswana
Geysdorp3.581,365Tswana
17.927,651Tswana
Kopela5.255,187Tswana
Letsopa2.5817,488Tswana
Majaneng1.01709Tswana
Majeng2.431,501Tswana
Manamolele2.967,695Tswana
Mandela Park0.32829Tswana
Manonyane0.85573Tswana
Mofufutso4.522,467Tswana
Mokope1.16717Tswana
Ottosdal5.15884Afrikaans
Rakgwedi1.553,021Tswana
Saleng2.531,262Tswana
Sannieshof5.4211,016Tswana
Thaba Sione3.001,195Tswana
Thawane0.66316Tswana
Witpan2.381,148Tswana
Remainder of the municipality5,851.4136,379Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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.

Financial mismanagement

In January 2025, the municipality was listed as one of the top ten municipalities in arrears on their pension contributions.