Mahikeng Local Municipality

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Mahikeng

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| native_name =

| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Mafikeng_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

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

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| map_caption = Location in the North West

|coordinates = {{coord|25|55|S|25|40|E|region:ZA_type:adm3rd_scale:300000|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North West

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Ngaka Modiri Molema

| seat = Mafikeng

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 35

| government_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Tshepiso Mphehlo

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3698

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

| population_total = 291527

| 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 = 95.5%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 2.3%

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

| demographics1_info3 = 0.8%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 1.3%

| 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 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Tswana}}

| demographics2_info1 = 78.4%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info2 = 4.6%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Xhosa}}

| demographics2_info3 = 3.9%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Sotho}}

| demographics2_info4 = 3.5%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 9.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = NW383

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Mahikeng Municipality ({{langx|tn|Mmasepala wa Mahikeng}}) is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. Mahikeng is a Setswana word meaning "place of rocks".[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names]

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 }}

class="wikitable sortable"

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

Bafokeng Ba Ga Moraka[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60801 60801]0.59792Tswana
Bakwena Ba Ga Molopyane[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60802 60802]3.194,342Tswana
Banogeng[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60803 60803]14.150-
Barolong Boo Rapulana[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60804 60804]27.125,734Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 1[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60805 60805]390.9445,751Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 2[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60809 60809]458.7172,665Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60806 60806]22.731,154Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60810 60810]24.041,013Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 4[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60807 60807]39.411,463Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 5[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60811 60811]141.8936,599Tswana
Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 6[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60808 60808]31.752,666Tswana
Batloung Ba Ga Shole[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60812 60812]5.438,434Tswana
Floorspar Mine[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60813 60813]1.90148Tswana
Kopano[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60814 60814]161.4917,041Tswana
Madikwe Part 1[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60815 60815]102.28151Tswana
Madikwe Part 2[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60822 60822]0.83347Tswana
Mafikeng Part 1[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60816 60816]15.4414,923Tswana
Mafikeng Part 3[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60824 60824]105.41296Tswana
Mmabatho Part 1[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60817 60817]15.0227,680Tswana
Mmabatho Part 2[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60825 60825]344.5663Tswana
Montshioa[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60818 60818]2.688,939Tswana
Rooigrond[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60819 60819]2.55286Tswana
Slurry[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60820 60820]2.95540Tswana
Wintershoek[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60821 60821]1.3642Afrikaans/Tswana
Remainder of the municipality
(Mafikeng Part 2)
[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/60823 60823]1,777.218,433Tswana

Politics

{{main|Mahikeng Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of sixty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-five wards, while the remaining thirty-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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.{{Cite web|title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mafikeng|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/NW383/short|access-date=2021-12-04|website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=27487 |votes1_2=27413 |seats1=35 |seats1_2=5 |totseats1=40

|party2=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes2=11879 |votes2_2=12029 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=17 |totseats2=17

|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=3038 |votes3_2=3111 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=5 |totseats3=5

|party4=Forum for Service Delivery |votes4=1445 |votes4_2=1410 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2

|party5=United Christian Democratic Party |votes5=788 |votes5_2=1267 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=2 |totseats5=2

|party6=Patriotic Alliance |votes6=599 |votes6_2=633 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1

|party7=African Christian Democratic Party |votes7=649 |votes7_2=582 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1

|party8=Independent candidates |votes8=1102 |votes8_2= |seats8=0 |seats8_2= |totseats8=0

|party9=African Independent Congress |votes9=217 |votes9_2=773 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=1 |totseats9=1

|party10=Freedom Front Plus |votes10=331 |votes10_2=278 |seats10=0 |seats10_2=1 |totseats10=1

|party11=8 other parties |votes11=926 |votes11_2=1086 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0

|invalid=1077 |invalid2=1324

|electorate=131902 |electorate2=131902

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