Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality

Kgetlengrivier
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Koster
Wards	6
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thabo Jacobs
Area
• Total	3,973 km2 (1,534 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	51,049
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	80.1%
• Coloured	1.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	16.8%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Tswana	69.2%
• Afrikaans	18.0%
• English	4.4%
• Zulu	1.5%
• Other	6.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW374

Kgetlengrivier Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Kgetlengrivier; Afrikaans: Kgetlengrivier Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

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

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 ...^[4]

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 (ANC) won a majority of seven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.^[5]

• Official website

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