The City of Matlosana (Tswana: Toropo ya Matlosana; Sotho: Toropo ya Matlosana; Afrikaans: Stad Matlosana; Xhosa: IsiXeko saseMatlosana), formerly the City Council of Klerksdorp, is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

City of Matlosana
Official seal of City of Matlosana
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 26°50′S 26°30′E / 26.833°S 26.500°E / -26.833; 26.500
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictDr Kenneth Kaunda
SeatKlerksdorp
Wards35
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCllr Nonhlupheko Tsolela (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

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Buffelsfontein 61901 0.24 1,825 Sotho
Dominionville 61903 6.24 542 Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve 61904 8.86 18 Xhosa
GTC Village 61905 0.41 445 Sotho
Hartebeesfontein 61906 3.72 1,275 Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine 61907 60.65 4,350 Sotho
Jouberton 61908 15.74 104,977 Tswana
Kanana 61909 9.90 66,936 Sotho
Khayalihle 61910 0.09 1,501 Xhosa
Khuma 61911 7.08 42,963 Tswana
Klerksdorp 61912 115.17 59,509 Afrikaans
Margaret Mine 61913 56.23 0 -
Orkney 61914 137.70 15,539 Afrikaans
Paballong Village 61915 0.24 516 Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine 61917 0.32 470 Tswana
Stilfontein 61916 7.63 14,713 Afrikaans
Tigane 61918 1.21 12,111 Tswana
Vaal Reefs 61919 6.15 11,345 Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 61902 3,125.09 20,194 Tswana

Politics

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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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats in the council.[4] The following table shows the results of the election.

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress38,84551.833139,80052.60940
Democratic Alliance15,51120.69715,55220.55916
Economic Freedom Fighters8,52811.3808,75011.5699
Freedom Front Plus6,6708.9016,5718.6867
Forum for Service Delivery1,7372.3201,8282.4222
Patriotic Alliance1,3861.8501,5172.0022
African Christian Democratic Party5100.6804760.6311
Independent candidates9411.2600
6 other parties8251.1001,1781.5600
Total74,953100.003975,672100.003877
Valid votes74,95397.8275,67298.05
Invalid/blank votes1,6722.181,5041.95
Total votes76,625100.0077,176100.00
Registered voters/turnout181,90542.12181,90542.43

Languages

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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 ...[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — City of Matlosana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  5. ^ "Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa".
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