Moses Kotane Local Municipality


Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of local municipality is Mogwase.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Amahlubi563.293,646Xhosa
Bafokeng138.544,305Tswana
Bakgatla Ba Ga Kgafela1,166.8975,072Tswana
Bakubung Ba Ratheo203.2419,800Tswana
Bakwena Ba Mare A Phogole72.953,314Tswana
Bakwena Boo Modimosana235.2714,364Tswana
Baphalane656.0822,101Tswana
Baphiring152.358,887Tswana
Bapo 2 Ba Ga Mogale5.084,415Tswana
BAPO 20.821,643Tswana
Barokologadi Ba Ga Maotwa289.337,100Tswana
Bataung Ba Moubane1.52529Tswana
Batlhako Boo Mututu Ba Ga Mabe305.3815,526Tswana
Batlhalerwa641.839,224Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Bogatsu212.9516,518Tswana
Batlokwa Ba Ga Sedumedi17.767,044Tswana
Batlokwa Boo Matlapane70.261,444Tswana
Dinokaneng128.1048Tswana
Mahobieskraal0.640-
Makuntlwane A Kgote4.701,689Tswana
Mixed TA63.000-
Mogwase15.769,342Tswana
Mokgatlha4.954,252Tswana
Mokgautsi2.182,271Tswana
Molorwe2.432,232Tswana
Sun City64.282,590English
Zwartklip3.541,413Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality194.14337Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of forty-five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.