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Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

Coordinates: 25°25′S 27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E / -25.417; 27.250
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Bojanala Platinum
Official seal of Bojanala Platinum
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 25°25′S 27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E / -25.417; 27.250
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
SeatRustenburg
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorLj Diremelo
Area
 • Total18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total1,507,505
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
 • Black African95.4%
 • Coloured0.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White3.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana55.3%
 • Tsonga8.1%
 • Afrikaans7.2%
 • Xhosa5.6%
 • Other23.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC37

The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Bojanala Platinum) is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Rustenburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 1,507,505 residents spoke Setswana. The district code is DC37.

Geography

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Neighbours

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Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

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The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Rustenburg 562 031 34.60% Tswana
Madibeng 522 566 32.17% Tswana
Moses Kotane 265 668 16.35% Tswana
Moretele 219 120 13.49% Tswana
Kgetlengrivier 54 759 3.37% Tswana

Demographics

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The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
Setswana 818,050 55.34%
Xitsonga 119,090 8.06%
Afrikaans 106,561 7.21%
IsiXhosa 82,701 5.59%
Sepedi 75,539 5.11%
Sesotho 67,458 4.56%
English 57,187 3.87%
IsiZulu 54,661 3.70%
Other 39,869 2.70%
IsiNdebele 26,481 1.79%
Tshivenda 14,329 0.97%
SiSwati 9,632 0.65%

Gender

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Gender Population %
Male 825,065 50.80%
Female 799,079 49.30%

Ethnic group

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Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1,093,177 92.23%
White 82,045 6.92%
Coloured 6,360 0.54%
Indian/Asian 3,743 0.32%

Age

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Age Population %
000 - 004 108,805 9.18%
005 - 009 113,058 9.54%
010 - 014 121,707 10.27%
015 - 019 115,306 9.73%
020 - 024 110,477 9.32%
025 - 029 111,264 9.39%
030 - 034 98,631 8.32%
035 - 039 93,814 7.91%
040 - 044 81,984 6.92%
045 - 049 62,264 5.25%
050 - 054 44,466 3.75%
055 - 059 34,288 2.89%
060 - 064 27,783 2.34%
065 - 069 21,309 1.80%
070 - 074 16,438 1.39%
075 - 079 10,575 0.89%
080 - 084 7,800 0.66%
085 - 089 3,115 0.26%
090 - 094 1,424 0.12%
095 - 099 614 0.05%
100 plus 203 0.02%

Politics

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Election results

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Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 772,262 [65.15% of total population]
  • Total votes: 445,856 [37.61% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 57.73% votes as a % of population 18 and over
Party Votes %
African National Congress 372,834 83.62%
Democratic Alliance 25,214 5.66%
United Christian Democratic Party 20,370 4.57%
United Democratic Movement 7,472 1.68%
African Christian Democratic Party 5,085 1.14%
Freedom Front Plus 4,022 0.90%
Pan African Congress 2,964 0.66%
New National Party 1,597 0.36%
Independent Democrats 1,426 0.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party 1,384 0.31%
Azanian People's Organisation 996 0.22%
NA 477 0.11%
SOPA 424 0.10%
EMSA 346 0.08%
CDP 293 0.07%
UF 268 0.06%
PJC 190 0.04%
TOP 187 0.04%
KISS 122 0.03%
Minority Front 100 0.02%
NLP 85 0.02%
Total 445,856 100.00%

Corruption

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In October 2023, the Hawks arrested the council's municipal manager, who was implicated in corruption involving R134 million, including spending R2 million on two laptops.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Staff Writer. "Municipality paid R2 million for two laptops". MyBroadband. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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