City of Matlosana

City of Matlosana
Local municipality
Official seal of City of Matlosana Seal
Location in the North West Location in the North West
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Seat	Klerksdorp
Wards	35
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	M Khaue (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,561 km2 (1,375 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	398,676
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	81.0%
• Coloured	3.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	14.5%
First languages (2011)
• Tswana	36.7%
• Sotho	20.3%
• Afrikaans	17.6%
• Xhosa	14.3%
• Other	11.1%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	NW403

The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) 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:

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Buffelsfontein	61901	0.24	1,825	Sotho
Dominionville	61903	6.24	542	Afrikaans
Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve	61904	8.86	18	Xhosa
GTC Village	61905	0.41	445	Sotho
Hartebeesfontein	61906	3.72	1,275	Afrikaans
Hartebeestfontein Mine	61907	60.65	4,350	Sotho
Jouberton	61908	15.74	104,977	Tswana
Kanana	61909	9.90	66,936	Sotho
Khayalihle	61910	0.09	1,501	Xhosa
Khuma	61911	7.08	42,963	Tswana
Klerksdorp	61912	115.17	59,509	Afrikaans
Margaret Mine	61913	56.23	0	-
Orkney	61914	137.70	15,539	Afrikaans
Paballong Village	61915	0.24	516	Xhosa
Stilfontein Gold Mine	61917	0.32	470	Tswana
Stilfontein	61916	7.63	14,713	Afrikaans
Tigane	61918	1.21	12,111	Tswana
Vaal Reefs	61919	6.15	11,345	Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality	61902	3,125.09	20,194	Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy 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-five 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 fifty-one seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	74,825	75,205	150,030	72.7	26	25	51
	Democratic Alliance	22,528	22,840	45,368	22.0	9	7	16
	Freedom Front Plus	2,290	1,931	4,221	2.0	0	2	2
	Congress of the People	1,769	1,596	3,365	1.6	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	565	469	1,034	0.5	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	390	573	963	0.5	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	173	150	323	0.2	0	0	0
	United Democratic Movement	112	185	297	0.1	0	0	0
	National Freedom Party	80	149	229	0.1	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	61	140	201	0.1	0	0	0
	Independent	179	–	179	0.1	0	–	0
	Independent Ratepayers Association of SA	103	–	103	0.1	0	–	0
	South African Political Party	19	41	60	0.0	0	0	0
Total		103,094	103,279	206,373	100.0	35	35	70
Spoilt votes		1,596	1,273	2,869

External links

• http://www.matlosana.gov.za