Mogale City
Local municipality
Official seal of Mogale City
Seal
Location in Gauteng
Location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°0′S 27°40′E / 26.000°S 27.667°E / -26.000; 27.667
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
DistrictWest Rand
SeatKrugersdorp
Wards34
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorDanny Thupane (Africa Transformation Movement)
Area
 • Total1,342 km2 (518 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total362,422
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African75.6%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian2.2%
 • White21.0%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Tswana31.7%
 • Afrikaans17.2%
 • Zulu11.2%
 • English9.7%
 • Other30.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeGT481

Mogale City Local Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Mogale City; Afrikaans: Mogale City Munisipaliteit; Zulu: UMasipala wase Mogale City) is a local municipality within the West Rand District Municipality, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Kagiso 70101 21.12 100,940 Tswana
Krugersdorp 70102 195.99 86,614 Afrikaans
Magaliesburg 70103 7.43 2,512 Tswana
Mogale City 70109 0.61 1,411 Tswana
Muldersdrift 70105 18.07 599 Tswana
Munsieville 70106 1.81 19,837 Tswana
Orient Hills 70107 0.23 1,083 Tswana
Rietvallei 70108 2.83 31,261 Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 70104 847.97 45,457 Tswana

Politics

Main article: Mogale City Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 plurality of thirty-one seats on the council but failed to win an overall majority by eight seats. At the first council meeting on 23 November 2021, the DA's Tyrone Gray was elected mayor and the DA's Jacqueline Pannall was elected speaker.[4]

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

Mogale City local election, 1 November 2021
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 36,370 35,570 71,940 40.2% 27 4 31
Democratic Alliance 28,798 28,983 57,781 32.3% 12 13 25
Economic Freedom Fighters 12,477 12,396 24,873 13.9% 0 11 11
Freedom Front Plus 7,099 6,835 13,934 7.8% 0 6 6
Inkatha Freedom Party 1,476 971 2,447 1.4% 0 1 1
African Christian Democratic Party 876 931 1,807 1.0% 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania 662 641 1,303 0.7% 0 1 1
African Transformation Movement 518 523 1,041 0.6% 0 1 1
Independent candidates 379 – 379 0.2% 0 – 0
12 other parties 1,377 2,206 3,583 2.0% 0 0 0
Total 90,032 89,056 179,088 39 38 77
Valid votes 90,032 89,056 179,088 98.2%
Spoilt votes 1,446 1,747 3,193 1.8%
Total votes cast 91,478 90,803 182,281
Voter turnout 91,915
Registered voters 188,367
Turnout percentage 48.8%

Management

As of 2021 the municipality's debt with Eskom was in excess of R361 million, but it was honoring its payments in terms of their signed agreement.[6]

See also

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 c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "DA bags another Gauteng municipality, this time the Mogale City local municipality". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mogale City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ Khumalo, Sibongile (2 September 2021). "Eskom wins judgment against Emfuleni municipality over R1.3 billion debt". news24.com. fin24. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

External links

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Municipalities and communities of West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng
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