Mahikeng Local Municipality

Local municipality in North West, South Africa

Mahikeng

Local municipality

Seal

Location in the North West

Coordinates: 25°55′S 25°40′E﻿ / ﻿25.917°S 25.667°E﻿ / -25.917; 25.667
Country| South Africa
Province| North West
District| Ngaka Modiri Molema
Seat| Mafikeng
Wards| 35
Government

[1]

• Type| Municipal council
• Mayor| Tshepiso Mphehlo
Area

• Total

| 3,698 km2 (1,428 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[2]

• Total

| 291,527
• Density| 79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)

[2]

• Black African| 95.5%
• Coloured| 2.3%
• Indian/Asian| 0.8%
• White| 1.3%
First languages (2011)

[2]

• Tswana| 78.4%
• English| 4.6%
• Xhosa| 3.9%
• Sotho| 3.5%
• Other| 9.6%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code| NW383

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

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

Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language

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Bafokeng Ba Ga Moraka | 60801 | 0.59 | 792 | Tswana
Bakwena Ba Ga Molopyane | 60802 | 3.19 | 4,342 | Tswana
Banogeng | 60803 | 14.15 | 0 | \-
Barolong Boo Rapulana | 60804 | 27.12 | 5,734 | Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 1 | 60805 | 390.94 | 45,751 | Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 2 | 60809 | 458.71 | 72,665 | Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 | 60806 | 22.73 | 1,154 | Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 | 60810 | 24.04 | 1,013 | Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 4 | 60807 | 39.41 | 1,463 | Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 5 | 60811 | 141.89 | 36,599 | Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 6 | 60808 | 31.75 | 2,666 | Tswana
Batloung Ba Ga Shole | 60812 | 5.43 | 8,434 | Tswana
Floorspar Mine | 60813 | 1.90 | 148 | Tswana
Kopano | 60814 | 161.49 | 17,041 | Tswana
Madikwe Part 1 | 60815 | 102.28 | 151 | Tswana
Madikwe Part 2 | 60822 | 0.83 | 347 | Tswana
Mafikeng Part 1 | 60816 | 15.44 | 14,923 | Tswana
Mafikeng Part 3 | 60824 | 105.41 | 296 | Tswana
Mmabatho Part 1 | 60817 | 15.02 | 27,680 | Tswana
Mmabatho Part 2 | 60825 | 344.56 | 63 | Tswana
Montshioa | 60818 | 2.68 | 8,939 | Tswana
Rooigrond | 60819 | 2.55 | 286 | Tswana
Slurry | 60820 | 2.95 | 540 | Tswana
Wintershoek | 60821 | 1.36 | 42 | Afrikaans/Tswana
Remainder of the municipality
(Mafikeng Part 2) | 60823 | 1,777.21 | 8,433 | Tswana

## Politics

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Main article: Mahikeng Local Municipality elections

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]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

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Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 27,487| 56.72| 35| 27,413| 56.43| 5| 40
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 11,879| 24.51| 0| 12,029| 24.76| 17| 17
| Democratic Alliance| 3,038| 6.27| 0| 3,111| 6.40| 5| 5
| Forum for Service Delivery| 1,445| 2.98| 0| 1,410| 2.90| 2| 2
| United Christian Democratic Party| 788| 1.63| 0| 1,267| 2.61| 2| 2
| Patriotic Alliance| 599| 1.24| 0| 633| 1.30| 1| 1
| African Christian Democratic Party| 649| 1.34| 0| 582| 1.20| 1| 1
| Independent candidates| 1,102| 2.27| 0| | 0
| African Independent Congress| 217| 0.45| 0| 773| 1.59| 1| 1
| Freedom Front Plus| 331| 0.68| 0| 278| 0.57| 1| 1
| 8 other parties| 926| 1.91| 0| 1,086| 2.24| 0| 0
Total| 48,461| 100.00| 35| 48,582| 100.00| 35| 70
Valid votes| 48,461| 97.83| | 48,582| 97.35| |
Invalid/blank votes| 1,077| 2.17| | 1,324| 2.65| |
Total votes| 49,538| 100.00| | 49,906| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 131,902| 37.56| | 131,902| 37.84| |

## 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. ^ South African Languages - Place names
4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link‍]
5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mafikeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

## External links

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* http://www.mafikeng.gov.za/

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