Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
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Bojanala Platinum | |
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Coordinates: 25°25′S 27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | North West |
Seat | Rustenburg |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Lj Diremelo |
Area | |
• Total | 18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,507,505 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2022) | |
• Black African | 95.4% |
• Coloured | 0.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 3.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 55.3% |
• Tsonga | 8.1% |
• Afrikaans | 7.2% |
• Xhosa | 5.6% |
• Other | 23.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC37 |
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
[edit]Neighbours
[edit]Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:
- Waterberg (DC36) to the north
- Tshwane (Pretoria) to the east
- West Rand (CBDC8) to the south-east
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south
- Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the west
Local municipalities
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Gender | Population | % |
---|---|---|
Male | 825,065 | 50.80% |
Female | 799,079 | 49.30% |
Ethnic group
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Election results
[edit]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 | % |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Staff Writer. "Municipality paid R2 million for two laptops". MyBroadband. Retrieved 2023-11-10.