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List Of Municipalities In The North West
The North West province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into four district municipalities which are in turn divided into eighteen local municipalities. In the following map, the district municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours. District municipalities Local municipalities Former municipalities References {{DEFAULTSORT:Municipalities in the North West North West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ... North West (South African province)-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North West (South African Province)
North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mahikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng and south of Botswana. History North West was incorporated after the end of Apartheid in 1994, and includes parts of the former Transvaal Province and Cape Province, as well as most of the former bantustan of Bophuthatswana. It was the scene of political violence in Khutsong, Merafong City Local Municipality in 2006 and 2007, after cross-province municipalities were abolished and Merafong Municipality was transferred entirely to North West. Merafong has since been transferred to Gauteng province in 2009. This province is the birthplace of prominent political figures: Lucas Mangope, Moses Kotane, Ahmed Kathrada, Abram Onkgopotse Tiro, Ruth Mompati, J. B. Marks, Aziz Pahad, Essop Pahad and others. Law and government The provincial government consists of a premier, an executive council of ten ministers, and a legislature. The provincia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Taung Local Municipality
Greater Taung Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Taung. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Politics The municipal council consists of forty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-four wards, while the remaining twenty-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 The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ... (ANC) won a majority of twenty- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamusa Local Municipality
Mamusa Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Schweizer-Reneke. Politics The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining 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 nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. Geography The municipality covers an area of in the south-west part of North West province. At the time of the 2011 census it has a population of 60,355. According to the census, the predominant language in the municipality is Setswana, spoken by 85.1% of the population, followed by Afrik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahikeng Local Municipality
Mahikeng Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Capital City of North West Province, South Africa. Mahikeng is a Setswana name meaning "place of rocks". Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Politics 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 The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ... (ANC) won a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brits, North West
Brits () is a town situated in a fertile citrus, vegetable and grain-producing area that is irrigated by the waters of the Hartbeespoort Dam in North West Province of South Africa. It is close to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, which includes Pretoria, and it has the same dialling code as Pretoria. In addition to being a centre for agriculture, the city is home to several heavy industries. A factory of the Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo produced cars for the domestic market and export to Asia from 1974 to 1985. The city also plays an important role in the South African mining industry: 94% of South Africa's platinum comes from the Rustenburg and Brits districts, which together produce more platinum than any other single area in the world. In addition, there is a large vanadium mine in the district. Mothotlung, Letlhabile, and Oukasie are the black townships, with Oukasie founded in 1931 being one of the oldest townships in South Africa.The Indian a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madibeng Local Municipality
The Madibeng Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartbeespoort is also located in the municipality. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Politics The municipal council consists of eighty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ... in forty-one wards, while the remaining forty-one are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiana, North West
Christiana is an agricultural town of about 3,000 inhabitants on the banks of the Vaal River in North West province, South Africa. The town is located on the N12 national route between Bloemhof and Warrenton, on the way to Kimberley ( Northern Cape). It is the administrative centre and seat of Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality. Retrieved 15 April 2010 History When diamonds were discovered in the in the 1870s (By Former Mayor MR Katlego Dabampe) the former Transvaal ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality
Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Christiana. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Politics The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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 The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ... (ANC) lost their outright majority on the council. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koster, North West
Koster is a small farming town situated on the watershed between the Orange and Limpopo Rivers in North West Province of South Africa. History The town was proclaimed in 1913 and named after Bastiaan Koster, the original farm owner. Koster means "church sexton". Geography Town 58 km south-west of Rustenburg and 72 km west-north-west of Magaliesburg Magaliesburg is a small town situated below the Witwatersrand mountain range in Gauteng, South Africa. The Magaliesberg mountain range is north and visible from town, hence the name "Magaliesburg". The mountains themselves are named after Kgosi .... It was founded on the farm Kleinfontein in 1913, and has been administered by a village council since January 1931. Said to have been named either after Dr Herman Jacob Coster (1866–1899), State Attorney of the South African Republic, after its surveyor, or after Bastiaan Hendricus Koster, owner of the farm Kleinfontein. The latter explanation seems most plausible. The El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Languages The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 67.1% Setswana; 17.4% Afrikaans; 4.2% English; 1.4% IsiZulu; 1.3% Sesotho; 1.0% IsiXhosa; 0.9% IsiNdebele ... Politics The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining six 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 The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its oppositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganyesa
Ganyesa is a town of about 19,000 people in the North West province of South Africa. It is located north-west of Vryburg and about south-west of the provincial capital Mafikeng. It is an administrative centre for the far north-western area of the province, hosting the head offices of the Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality, a magistrate's court and various national and provincial government offices. The census of 2011 recorded the population of the town as 19,290 people, of whom the vast majority were black (98%) and Tswana-speaking (93%). History Ganyesa is the main town of the Barolong boo Mariba, a faction of the Barolong that split from the Kuruman community in about 1765 under Kgosi Motsware, and lived as pastoralists and hunters. In the late 19th century, competition with Kora traders for the Kalahari The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for , covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa. It is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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