City of Matlosana

The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.

City of Matlosana
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatKlerksdorp
Wards35
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorM Kgaile (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,561 km2 (1,375 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total398,676
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African81.0%
 • Coloured3.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White14.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana36.7%
 • Sotho20.3%
 • Afrikaans17.6%
 • Xhosa14.3%
 • Other11.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW403

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Buffelsfontein619010.241,825Sotho
Dominionville619036.24542Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve619048.8618Xhosa
GTC Village619050.41445Sotho
Hartebeesfontein619063.721,275Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine6190760.654,350Sotho
Jouberton6190815.74104,977Tswana
Kanana619099.9066,936Sotho
Khayalihle619100.091,501Xhosa
Khuma619117.0842,963Tswana
Klerksdorp61912115.1759,509Afrikaans
Margaret Mine6191356.230-
Orkney61914137.7015,539Afrikaans
Paballong Village619150.24516Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine619170.32470Tswana
Stilfontein619167.6314,713Afrikaans
Tigane619181.2112,111Tswana
Vaal Reefs619196.1511,345Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality619023,125.0920,194Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 65,30962,375127,68460.3311546
Democratic Alliance 22,72122,72245,44321.58917
Economic Freedom Fighters 9,9229,83019,7529.3077
Freedom Front Plus 4,2554,1468,4014.0033
Forum 4 Service Delivery 3,3202,8966,1162.9022
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 1,4091,1022,5111.2011
Congress of the People 1881,1081,2960.6011
Pan Africanist Congress 461982440.1000
Movemeant of God 371021390.1000
Independent 90–900.00–0
Total 107,197104,479211,676100.0393877
Spoilt votes 1,7672,3914,158

In a by-election held on 10 July 2019, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by the FF+ candidate.[7] The council was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 311546
Democratic Alliance 7916
Economic Freedom Fighters 077
Freedom Front Plus 134
Forum 4 Service Delivery 022
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 011
Congress of the People 011
Total 393877

Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 36.0% Setswana; 19.9% Sesotho; 17.3% Afrikaans; 14.0% IsiXhosa; 4.3% English; 2.1% IsiZulu; 1.2% Xitsonga ... [8]

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. 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: Matlosana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Matlosana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  7. DA loses out to Freedom Front Plus in by-election. Retrieved on 11 July 2019.
  8. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=city-of-matlosana-municipality


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