Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

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Bojanala Platinum
District municipality
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Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 25°25′S 27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E / -25.417; 27.250
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
Seat	Rustenburg
Local municipalities	List Moretele Madibeng Rustenburg Kgetlengrivier Moses Kotane
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Lj Diremelo
Area
• Total	18,333 km (7,078 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,507,505
• Density	82/km (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
• Black African	95.4%
• Coloured	0.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	3.7%
First languages (2011)
• Tswana	55.3%
• Tsonga	8.1%
• Afrikaans	7.2%
• Xhosa	5.6%
• Other	23.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC37

The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Bojanala Platinum) is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Rustenburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 1,507,505 residents spoke Setswana. The district code is DC37.

Geography

Neighbours

Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:

Waterberg (DC36) to the north
Tshwane (Pretoria) to the east
West Rand (CBDC8) to the south-east
Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south
Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality	Population	%	Dominant language
Rustenburg	562 031	34.60%	Tswana
Madibeng	522 566	32.17%	Tswana
Moses Kotane	265 668	16.35%	Tswana
Moretele	219 120	13.49%	Tswana
Kgetlengrivier	54 759	3.37%	Tswana

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language	Population	%
Setswana	818,050	55.34%
Xitsonga	119,090	8.06%
Afrikaans	106,561	7.21%
IsiXhosa	82,701	5.59%
Sepedi	75,539	5.11%
Sesotho	67,458	4.56%
English	57,187	3.87%
IsiZulu	54,661	3.70%
Other	39,869	2.70%
IsiNdebele	26,481	1.79%
Tshivenda	14,329	0.97%
SiSwati	9,632	0.65%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Male	825,065	50.80%
Female	799,079	49.30%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	1,093,177	92.23%
White	82,045	6.92%
Coloured	6,360	0.54%
Indian/Asian	3,743	0.32%

Age

Age	Population	%
000 - 004	108,805	9.18%
005 - 009	113,058	9.54%
010 - 014	121,707	10.27%
015 - 019	115,306	9.73%
020 - 024	110,477	9.32%
025 - 029	111,264	9.39%
030 - 034	98,631	8.32%
035 - 039	93,814	7.91%
040 - 044	81,984	6.92%
045 - 049	62,264	5.25%
050 - 054	44,466	3.75%
055 - 059	34,288	2.89%
060 - 064	27,783	2.34%
065 - 069	21,309	1.80%
070 - 074	16,438	1.39%
075 - 079	10,575	0.89%
080 - 084	7,800	0.66%
085 - 089	3,115	0.26%
090 - 094	1,424	0.12%
095 - 099	614	0.05%
100 plus	203	0.02%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004.

Population 18 and over: 772,262
Total votes: 445,856
Voting % estimate: 57.73% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	372,834	83.62%
Democratic Alliance	25,214	5.66%
United Christian Democratic Party	20,370	4.57%
United Democratic Movement	7,472	1.68%
African Christian Democratic Party	5,085	1.14%
Freedom Front Plus	4,022	0.90%
Pan African Congress	2,964	0.66%
New National Party	1,597	0.36%
Independent Democrats	1,426	0.32%
Inkhata Freedom Party	1,384	0.31%
Azanian People's Organisation	996	0.22%
NA	477	0.11%
SOPA	424	0.10%
EMSA	346	0.08%
CDP	293	0.07%
UF	268	0.06%
PJC	190	0.04%
TOP	187	0.04%
KISS	122	0.03%
Minority Front	100	0.02%
NLP	85	0.02%
Total	445,856	100.00%

Corruption

In October 2023, the Hawks arrested the council's municipal manager, who was implicated in corruption involving R134 million, including spending R2 million on two laptops.

References

"Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
Staff Writer. "Municipality paid R2 million for two laptops". MyBroadband. Retrieved 2023-11-10.

External links

Bojanala Platinum DM Official Website

Municipalities of the North West

District
and local

Bojanala Platinum	Moretele Madibeng Rustenburg Kgetlengrivier Moses Kotane
Ngaka Modiri Molema	Ratlou Tswaing Mahikeng Ditsobotla Ramotshere Moiloa
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati	Naledi Mamusa Greater Taung Lekwa-Teemane Kagisano–Molopo
Dr Kenneth Kaunda	JB Marks City of Matlosana Maquassi Hills

List of municipalities in the North West

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