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Maquassi Hills Local Municipality

Coordinates: 27°15′S 26°0′E / 27.250°S 26.000°E / -27.250; 26.000
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Maquassi Hills
Official seal of Maquassi Hills
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 27°15′S 26°0′E / 27.250°S 26.000°E / -27.250; 26.000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatWolmaransstad
Wards11
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorZandisile Mweli
Area
 • Total
4,643 km2 (1,793 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
77,794
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African88.7%
 • Coloured2.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White8.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana72.5%
 • Afrikaans10.7%
 • Sotho6.6%
 • Xhosa4.1%
 • Other6.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW404

Maquassi Hills Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Maquassi Hills; Afrikaans: Maquassi Hills Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Kareeboom 62001 5.34 66 Tswana
Kgakala 62002 1.64 9,961 Tswana
Lebaleng 62003 0.98 8,417 Tswana
Leeudoringstad 62004 2.69 1,492 Afrikaans
Makwassie 62005 7.28 3,486 Tswana
Rulaganyang 62007 0.37 1,269 Tswana
Tswelelang 62008 2.29 20,101 Tswana
Witpoort 62009 17.78 374 Afrikaans
Wolmaransstad 62010 7.13 2,607 Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 62006 4,598.81 20,662 Tswana

Politics

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The municipal council consists of twenty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining eleven 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 (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress10,62862.70119,87758.59213
Economic Freedom Fighters2,61615.4302,64315.6844
Democratic Alliance1,88711.1301,82610.8322
South African Political Association6483.8207864.6611
Freedom Front Plus5973.5206253.7111
Forum for Service Delivery3432.0203181.8911
African Independent Congress5523.2700
African Freedom Revolution1771.0401610.9600
African Transformation Movement100.060410.2400
United Christian Democratic Party150.090280.1700
Independent candidates300.1800
Total16,951100.001116,857100.001122
Valid votes16,95197.5716,85797.28
Invalid/blank votes4232.434722.72
Total votes17,374100.0017,329100.00
Registered voters/turnout36,60247.4736,60247.34

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. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Maquassi Hills". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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