Mahikeng
Local municipality
Official seal of Mahikeng
Seal
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 25°55′S 25°40′E / 25.917°S 25.667°E / -25.917; 25.667
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictNgaka Modiri Molema
SeatMafikeng
Wards35
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorTshepiso Mphehlo
Area
 • Total3,698 km2 (1,428 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total291,527
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African95.5%
 • Coloured2.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White1.3%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Tswana78.4%
 • English4.6%
 • Xhosa3.9%
 • Sotho3.5%
 • Other9.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW383

Mahikeng Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Mahikeng) is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. Mahikeng is a Setswana word meaning "place of rocks".[3]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bafokeng Ba Ga Moraka608010.59792Tswana
Bakwena Ba Ga Molopyane608023.194,342Tswana
Banogeng6080314.150-
Barolong Boo Rapulana6080427.125,734Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 160805390.9445,751Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 260809458.7172,665Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 36080622.731,154Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 36081024.041,013Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 46080739.411,463Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 560811141.8936,599Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 66080831.752,666Tswana
Batloung Ba Ga Shole608125.438,434Tswana
Floorspar Mine608131.90148Tswana
Kopano60814161.4917,041Tswana
Madikwe Part 160815102.28151Tswana
Madikwe Part 2608220.83347Tswana
Mafikeng Part 16081615.4414,923Tswana
Mafikeng Part 360824105.41296Tswana
Mmabatho Part 16081715.0227,680Tswana
Mmabatho Part 260825344.5663Tswana
Montshioa608182.688,939Tswana
Rooigrond608192.55286Tswana
Slurry608202.95540Tswana
Wintershoek608211.3642Afrikaans/Tswana
Remainder of the municipality
(Mafikeng Part 2)		608231,777.218,433Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 forty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress27,48756.723527,41356.43540
Economic Freedom Fighters11,87924.51012,02924.761717
Democratic Alliance3,0386.2703,1116.4055
Forum for Service Delivery1,4452.9801,4102.9022
United Christian Democratic Party7881.6301,2672.6122
Patriotic Alliance5991.2406331.3011
African Christian Democratic Party6491.3405821.2011
Independent candidates1,1022.2700
African Independent Congress2170.4507731.5911
Freedom Front Plus3310.6802780.5711
8 other parties9261.9101,0862.2400
Total48,461100.003548,582100.003570
Valid votes48,46197.8348,58297.35
Invalid/blank votes1,0772.171,3242.65
Total votes49,538100.0049,906100.00
Registered voters/turnout131,90237.56131,90237.84

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mafikeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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