Tswaing
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictNgaka Modiri Molema
SeatDelareyville
Wards15
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorManketse Tlhape
Area
  Total5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total124,218
  Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African92.4%
  Coloured1.4%
  Indian/Asian0.3%
  White5.6%
First languages (2011)
  Tswana83.5%
  Afrikaans6.8%
  Sotho2.5%
  Xhosa2.2%
  Other5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW382

Tswaing Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Tswaing) is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. It consists of the towns of Delareyville, Sannieshof and Ottosdal.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Atamelang6660202.005.189Tswana
Deelpan6660015.374,822Tswana
Delareyville66602436.5310,630Tswana
Diretsane6660102.211,434Tswana
Doomlagte6660061.96572Tswana
Ganalaagte6660142.922,830Tswana
Geluk6660120.60353Tswana
Geysdorp6660223.581,365Tswana
Khunwana66600417.927,651Tswana
Kopela6660095.255,187Tswana
Letsopa6660252.5817,488Tswana
Majaneng6660171.01709Tswana
Majeng6660132.431,501Tswana
Manamolele6660212.967,695Tswana
Mandela Park6660160.32829Tswana
Manonyane6660190.85573Tswana
Mofufutso6660084.522,467Tswana
Mokope6660181.16717Tswana
Ottosdal6660265.15884Afrikaans
Rakgwedi6660151.553,021Tswana
Saleng6660112.531,262Tswana
Sannieshof6660235.4211,016Tswana
Thaba Sione6660033.001,195Tswana
Thawane6660050.66316Tswana
Witpan6660072.381,148Tswana
Remainder of the municipality6660025,851.4136,379Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 nineteen seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress13,20564.411413,14065.51519
Economic Freedom Fighters2,60012.6802,81014.0144
Democratic Alliance2,58512.6102,54912.7144
Freedom Front Plus5742.8006083.0311
Independent candidates1,0825.2800
4 other parties4552.2209524.7500
Total20,501100.001420,059100.001428
Valid votes20,50197.7420,05995.65
Invalid/blank votes4732.269134.35
Total votes20,974100.0020,972100.00
Registered voters/turnout48,90042.8948,90042.89

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 "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. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Tswaing". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.

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