Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kgetlengrivier

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Kgetlengrivier_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of the North West with Kgetlengrivier highlighted (2011).svg

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| map_caption = Location in the North West

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North West

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Bojanala Platinum

| seat = Koster

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 6

| government_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality - South African Government |url=https://www.gov.za/nso/about-government/contact-directory/nw-municipalities/nw-municipalities/kgetlengrivier-local |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=www.gov.za}}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Thabo Jacobs

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3973

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 51049

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 80.1%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 1.7%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.9%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 16.8%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Tswana}}

| demographics2_info1 = 69.2%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info2 = 18.0%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 4.4%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info4 = 1.5%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 6.9%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = NW374

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Kgetlengrivier Municipality ({{langx|tn|Mmasepala wa Kgetlengrivier}}; {{langx|af|Kgetlengrivier Munisipaliteit}}) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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! Place !! Code !! Area (km2)!! Population !! Most spoken language

Borolelo[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60401 60401]0.804,826Tswana
Derby[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60402 60402]1.931,703Tswana
Koster[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60404 60404]5.902,141Afrikaans
Nooitgedacht[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60405 60405]1.39353Tswana
Reagile[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60406 60406]1.558,441Tswana
Swartruggens[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60407 60407]7.531,536Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60403 60403]3,954.0617,487Tswana

Languages

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 ...{{cite web | url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=kgetlengrivier-municipality | title=Local Municipality | Statistics South Africa }}

Politics

{{main|Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality elections}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kgetlengrivier|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/NW374/short|access-date=2021-12-04|website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=5677 |votes1_2=5943 |seats1=6 |seats1_2=1 |totseats1=7

|party2=Freedom Front Plus |votes2=1043 |votes2_2=1361 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=2 |totseats2=2

|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=1084 |votes3_2=1267 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=2 |totseats3=2

|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=1951 |votes4_2= |seats4=1 |seats4_2= |totseats4=1

|party5=Democratic Alliance |votes5=672 |votes5_2=935 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=5 other parties |votes6=111 |votes6_2=668 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=0 |totseats6=0

|invalid=227 |invalid2=561

|electorate=21952 |electorate2=21952

}}

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