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Ratlou Local Municipality

Coordinates: 26°5′S 25°5′E / 26.083°S 25.083°E / -26.083; 25.083
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Ratlou
Official seal of Ratlou
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictNgaka Modiri Molema
SeatSetlagole
Wards14
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorFrancisco Ntwe
Area
 • Total
4,884 km2 (1,886 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
107,339
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.2%
 • Coloured0.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana87.9%
 • Sotho3.7%
 • English2.0%
 • Xhosa1.9%
 • Other4.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW381

Ratlou Local Municipality (formerly Setla-Kgobi Local Municipality) is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Barolong Ba Ga Makgobi 60601 309.22 2,141 Tswana
Barolong Ba Ga Molefe Ba Moata 60602 266.70 12,725 Tswana
Barolong Boo Rashidi 60603 56.33 42 Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Phoi 60604 650.27 71,190 Tswana
Batlharo Ba Ga Masibi 60605 952.26 15,825 Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 60606 2,303.38 2,404 Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 (ANC) won a majority of twenty seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Forum 4 Service Delivery" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #77A32E;" data-sort-value="United Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" |
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 18,079 18,130 36,209 70.0 14 6 20
EFF 2,825 2,860 5,685 11.0 0 3 3
Forum 4 Service Delivery 1,634 1,302 2,936 5.7 0 2 2
DA 1,457 1,457 2,914 5.6 0 2 2
UCDP 900 1,007 1,907 3.7 0 1 1
COPE 317 607 924 1.8 0 0 0
ACDP 331 323 654 1.3 0 0 0
Independent 297 297 0.6 0 0
IFP 79 138 217 0.4 0 0 0
Total 25,919 25,824 51,743 100.0 14 14 28
Spoilt votes 673 873 1,546

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "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: Ratlou" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Ratlou" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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