Ratlou Local Municipality

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

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
  Total4,884 km2 (1,886 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total107,339
  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

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Barolong Ba Ga Makgobi60601309.222,141Tswana
Barolong Ba Ga Molefe Ba Moata60602266.7012,725Tswana
Barolong Boo Rashidi6060356.3342Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratlou Ba Ga Phoi60604650.2771,190Tswana
Batlharo Ba Ga Masibi60605952.2615,825Tswana
Remainder of the municipality606062,303.382,404Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 nineteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress13,44368.001413,33867.65519
Economic Freedom Fighters2,42112.2502,51912.7833
Forum for Service Delivery1,9139.6801,8709.4833
Democratic Alliance8194.1407914.0111
United Christian Democratic Party4312.1805332.7011
Independent candidates2891.4600
3 other parties4542.3006653.3700
Total19,770100.001419,716100.001327
Valid votes19,77097.4419,71697.16
Invalid/blank votes5202.565772.84
Total votes20,290100.0020,293100.00
Registered voters/turnout47,18743.0047,18743.01

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ratlou". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 4 December 2021.


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