Kgatelopele Local Municipality

Kgatelopele
Local municipality
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Location in the Northern Cape Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	ZF Mgcawu
Seat	Daniëlskuil
Wards	4
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Bernado Maseng
Area
• Total	2,478 km2 (957 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	18,687
• Density	7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	49.9%
• Coloured	38.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	9.8%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	58.3%
• Tswana	32.7%
• English	2.9%
• Xhosa	1.6%
• Other	4.5%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	NC086

Kgatelopele Local Municipality is an administrative area in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Kgatelopele is a Setswana name that means "progress".

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Danielskuil	32001	22.12	6,730
Five Mission	32002	1.70	350
Lime Acres	32004	755.53	3,723
Tlhakalatlou	32005	0.47	3,337
Remainder of the municipality	32003	2,870.45	1,305

Politics

The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of five seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	3,540	3,576	7,116	67.2	4	1	5
	Democratic Alliance	1,166	1,163	2,329	22.0	0	2	2
	Congress of the People	459	445	904	8.5	0	1	1
	Azanian People's Organisation	92	91	183	1.7	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	35	30	65	0.6	0	0	0
Total		5,292	5,305	10,597	100.0	4	4	8
Spoilt votes		78	68	146

External links

• Official website