Local Municipality of Madibeng

Madibeng
Local municipality
Official seal of Madibeng Seal
Location in the North West Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Brits
Wards	36
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Poppy Magongwa
Area
• Total	3,839 km2 (1,482 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	477,381
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	89.3%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	8.9%
First languages (2011)
• Tswana	43.5%
• Tsonga	11.0%
• Afrikaans	9.0%
• Northern Sotho	7.9%
• Other	28.6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	NW372

The Local Municipality of Madibeng is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartebeespoort is also located in the municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bafokeng	60201	7.36	17,380	Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Mmakau	60202	214.97	58,055	Tswana
Bakwena Ba Magopa	60203	95.43	33,566	Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana Ba Ga Makau	60204	387.26	15,613	Tswana
Bapo Ba Ga Mogale	60205	20.53	37,311	Tswana
Borakalalo Nature Reserve	60206	73.85	48	Tswana
Brits	60207	24.80	12,383	Afrikaans
Damonsville	60208	0.59	1,680	Afrikaans
Elandsdrift	60209	0.08	255	Xhosa
Ga-Rankuwa	60210	508.02	37,533	Tswana
Hartbeespoort Dam Nature Reserve	60211	23.99	42	Afrikaans
Hartebeesfontein New Paradise	60212	1.33	93	Afrikaans
Hartebeespoort	60213	13.27	6,329	Afrikaans
Jonathan	60214	26.87	625	Zulu
Lethlabile	60215	10.38	35,606	Tswana
Magaliesberg Nature Reserve	60217	20.80	329	Afrikaans
Maroelakop	60218	0.47	2,523	Xhosa
Mooinooi	60219	3.15	3,894	Afrikaans
Oskraal	60220	15.74	934	Tswana
Oukasie	60221	3.73	19,627	Tswana
Pelindaba	60222	20.23	156	Afrikaans
Sechaba-Sa-Ba-Taung	60223	27.53	12,306	Sotho
Sonop	60224	3.04	1,946	Afrikaans
Western Platinum Mines	60225	0.79	5,090	Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality	60216	2,310.16	34,936	Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-four seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	78,052	79,553	157,605	74.7	31	23	54
	Democratic Alliance	20,923	20,440	41,363	19.6	5	9	14
	Congress of the People	2,036	1,965	4,001	1.9	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	921	760	1,681	0.8	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	661	583	1,244	0.6	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	441	776	1,217	0.6	0	1	1
	United Christian Democratic Party	525	548	1,073	0.5	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	248	380	628	0.3	0	0	0
	Independent	578	–	578	0.3	0	–	0
	United Independent Front	290	212	502	0.2	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	310	164	474	0.2	0	0	0
	Movement Democratic Party	350	117	467	0.2	0	0	0
	National Freedom Party	25	137	162	0.1	0	0	0
Total		105,360	105,635	210,995	100.0	36	36	72
Spoilt votes		2,134	1,716	3,850

External links

• Official site