Rand West City Local Municipality
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rand West City
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| settlement_type = Local municipality
| image_seal = Rand West City CoA.png
| seal_size = 70px
| image_map = Map of Gauteng with Rand West City highlighted.svg
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| map_caption = Location of Rand West City Local Municipality within Gauteng
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Gauteng
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = West Rand
| seat = Randfontein
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| parts = 35
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| government_type = Municipal council
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| leader_title = Mayor
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| area_footnotes = Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/764 Randfontein], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/765 Westonaria].
| area_total_km2 = 1115
| population_total = 261053
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code
| blank_info_sec1 = GT485
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Rand West City Municipality ({{langx|tn|Mmasepala wa Rand West City}}; {{langx|af|Rand West City Munisipaliteit}}; {{langx|xh|uMasipala wase Rand West City}}; {{langx|st|Masepala wa Rand West City}}) is a local municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Randfontein and Westonaria local municipalities.{{cite web|title=The Local Government Handbook|url=http://www.localgovernment.co.za/locals/view/236/Rand-West-City-Local-Municipality|accessdate=6 August 2016}} It is a division of the West Rand District Municipality.
Politics
{{Main|Rand West City Local Municipality elections}}
The municipal council consists of 69 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 35 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 35 wards, while the remaining 34 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) lost their majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.{{Cite web|title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Rand West City|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/GT485/short|access-date=2021-11-09|website=wikitable.frith.dev}}
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!colspan="9" align="center"| Rand West City local election, 1 November 2021 | |||||||
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party | colspan="4" align="center"| Votes | colspan="3" align="center"| Seats | |||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | |
| {{Full party name with color |African National Congress}}
| 24,410 | 25,253 | 49,663 | 45.3% | 27 | 5 | 32 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}
| 12,629 | 12,569 | 25,198 | 23.0% | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Economic Freedom Fighters}}
| 7,953 | 8,537 | 16,490 | 15.1% | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Freedom Front Plus}}
| 2,092 | 2,135 | 4,227 | 3.9% | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Patriotic Alliance (South Africa)}}
| 1,513 | 1,571 | 3,084 | 2.8% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Independent candidates}}
| 2,618 | – | 2,618 | 2.4% | 0 | – | 0 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Azanian People's Organisation}}
| 715 | 662 | 1,377 | 1.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Randfontein Peoples Party}}
| 574 | 756 | 1,330 | 1.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| {{Full party name with color |African Independent Congress}}
| 488 | 654 | 1,142 | 1.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| {{Full party name with color |Inkatha Freedom Party}}
| 423 | 562 | 985 | 0.9% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| {{Full party name with color |African Christian Democratic Party}}
| 410 | 480 | 890 | 0.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| style="text-align:left"| 8 other parties
| 1,105 | 1,456 | 2,561 | 2.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total
| 54,930 | 54,635 | 109,565 | 35 | 34 | 69 | ||
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Valid votes
| 54,930 | 54,635 | 109,565 | 97.6% | ||||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes
| 1,074 | 1,564 | 2,638 | 2.4% | ||||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total votes cast
| 56,004 | 56,199 | 112,203 | |||||
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Voter turnout
| 56,519 | |||||||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Registered voters
| 131,921 | |||||||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Turnout percentage
| 42.8% |
Management
The power utility Eskom has identified Rand West as a municipality with a poor payment record. In 2021 it owed Eskom over R510 million.{{cite news |last1=Khumalo |first1=Sibongile |title=Eskom wins judgment against Emfuleni municipality over R1.3 billion debt |url= https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/eskom/eskom-wins-judgment-against-emfuleni-municipality-over-r13-billion-debt-20210902 |access-date= 6 September 2021 |agency=fin24 |publisher=news24.com |date=2 September 2021}}
References
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{{Municipalities of Gauteng}}
{{West Rand District Municipality}}
{{Greater Johannesburg|govt}}
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Category:Local municipalities of the West Rand District Municipality