Tswaing Local Municipality

Tswaing
Local municipality
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Ngaka Modiri Molema
Seat	Delareyville
Wards	15
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Manketse Tlhape
Area
• Total	5,966 km^2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	124,218
• Density	21/km^2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	92.4%
• Coloured	1.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	5.6%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Tswana	83.5%
• Afrikaans	6.8%
• Sotho	2.5%
• Xhosa	2.2%
• Other	5%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	NW382

Tswaing Local Municipality is a local Municipality consisting of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal in the Central District Municipality situated in the North West Province of South Africa.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Agisanang	60701	1.22	6,138	Tswana
Atamelang	60702	1.67	5,240	Tswana
Bakolobeng	60703	8.25	5,726	Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Seitshwaro	60704	47.41	25,243	Tswana
Bopanang	60705	7.72	16,581	Tswana
Delareyville	60706	4.18	2,717	Tswana
Kopano	60707	1.54	649	Tswana
Letsopa	60708	1.31	11,779	Tswana
Mixed TA	60709	663.59	1,141	Tswana
Ottosdal	60710	2.43	1,264	Afrikaans
Sannieshof	60711	2.13	1,281	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	60712	5,224.63	36,379	Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen 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 twenty-two seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.^[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	19,588	20,079	39,667	73.5	13	9	22
	Democratic Alliance	5,857	5,881	11,738	21.7	2	5	7
	United Christian Democratic Party	450	504	954	1.8	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	519	262	781	1.4	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	217	223	440	0.8	0	0	0
	Independent	381	–	381	0.7	0	–	0
Total		27,012	26,949	53,961	100.0	15	15	30
Spoilt votes		723	806	1,529

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Tswaing" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Tswaing" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

Coordinates: 26°41′S 25°28′E / 26.683°S 25.467°E