Ditsobotla Local Municipality
Ditsobotla Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Lichtenburg.
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Ngaka Modiri Molema |
| Seat | Lichtenburg |
| Wards | 21 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Tsholofelo Moreo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,465 km2 (2,496 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 168,902 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 89.1% |
| • Coloured | 1.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 8.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 78.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.8% |
| • Xhosa | 3.0% |
| • English | 2.4% |
| • Other | 6.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NW384 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Bakwena Ba Ga Serobatse | 60901 | 2.37 | 1,392 | Tswana |
| Banogeng | 60902 | 0.72 | 502 | Tswana |
| Boikhutso | 60903 | 2.22 | 16,914 | Tswana |
| Coligny | 60904 | 3.50 | 2,271 | Afrikaans |
| Ga-Raphalane | 60906 | 26.34 | 24,104 | Tswana |
| Itekeng | 60907 | 0.35 | 2,591 | Tswana |
| Itsoseng | 60908 | 7.62 | 22,879 | Tswana |
| Kopano | 60909 | 6.78 | 8,325 | Tswana |
| Lichtenburg | 60910 | 87.13 | 11,927 | Afrikaans |
| Mosiane | 60911 | 1.73 | 1,056 | Tswana |
| Tlhabologang | 60912 | 0.63 | 5,852 | Tswana |
| Remainder of the municipality | 60905 | 6,325.49 | 45,059 | Tswana |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining twenty 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 August 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 15,005 | 50.00 | 17 | 15,625 | 53.19 | 4 | 21 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,195 | 13.98 | 0 | 4,838 | 16.47 | 6 | 6 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,276 | 14.25 | 3 | 4,291 | 14.61 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent candidates | 3,082 | 10.27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,226 | 4.09 | 0 | 1,305 | 4.44 | 2 | 2 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 1,082 | 3.61 | 0 | 1,109 | 3.78 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 401 | 1.34 | 0 | 442 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Independent Congress | 770 | 2.62 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7 other parties | 740 | 2.47 | 0 | 994 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 30,007 | 100.00 | 20 | 29,374 | 100.00 | 19 | 39 | |
| Valid votes | 30,007 | 97.03 | 29,374 | 95.10 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 918 | 2.97 | 1,515 | 4.90 | ||||
| Total votes | 30,925 | 100.00 | 30,889 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 69,421 | 44.55 | 69,421 | 44.50 | ||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ditsobotla". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
External links
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