Maquassi Hills Local Municipality

Maquassi Hills
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 27°15′S 26°0′E / 27.250°S 26.000°ECoordinates: 27°15′S 26°0′E / 27.250°S 26.000°E
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat	Wolmaransstad
Wards	11
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Zandisile Mweli
Area
• Total	4,643 km^2 (1,793 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	77,794
• Density	17/km^2 (43/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	88.7%
• Coloured	2.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	8.2%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Tswana	72.5%
• Afrikaans	10.7%
• Sotho	6.6%
• Xhosa	4.1%
• Other	6.1%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	NW404

Maquassi Hills Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, 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
Kareeboom	62001	5.34	66	Tswana
Kgakala	62002	1.64	9,961	Tswana
Lebaleng	62003	0.98	8,417	Tswana
Leeudoringstad	62004	2.69	1,492	Afrikaans
Makwassie	62005	7.28	3,486	Tswana
Rulaganyang	62007	0.37	1,269	Tswana
Tswelelang	62008	2.29	20,101	Tswana
Witpoort	62009	17.78	374	Afrikaans
Wolmaransstad	62010	7.13	2,607	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	62006	4,598.81	20,662	Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 seventeen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	14,880	15,410	30,290	78.1	10	7	17
	Democratic Alliance	2,904	2,883	5,787	14.9	1	2	3
	Congress of the People	462	444	906	2.3	0	1	1
	Independent	747	–	747	1.9	0	–	0
	Lebaleng Communist Party	226	343	569	1.5	0	0	0
	Independent Civic Organisation	253	225	478	1.2	0	0	0
Total		19,472	19,305	38,777	100.0	11	10	21
Spoilt votes		558	745	1,303

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: Maquassi Hills" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Maquassi Hills" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.