Mahikeng Municipality () 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".South African Languages - Place names
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Bafokeng Ba Ga Moraka 608010.59792Tswana Bakwena Ba Ga Molopyane 608023.194,342Tswana Banogeng 6080314.150 - Barolong Boo Rapulana 6080427.125,734Tswana Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 1 60805390.9445,751Tswana Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 2 60809458.7172,665Tswana Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 6080622.731,154Tswana Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 3 6081024.041,013Tswana Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 4 6080739.411,463Tswana Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 5 60811141.8936,599Tswana Barolong Boo Ratshidi Part 6 6080831.752,666Tswana Batloung Ba Ga Shole 608125.438,434Tswana Floorspar Mine 608131.90148Tswana Kopano 60814161.4917,041Tswana Madikwe Part 1 60815102.28151Tswana Madikwe Part 2 608220.83347Tswana Mafikeng Part 1 6081615.4414,923Tswana Mafikeng Part 3 60824105.41296Tswana Mmabatho Part 1 6081715.0227,680Tswana Mmabatho Part 2 60825344.5663Tswana Montshioa 608182.688,939Tswana Rooigrond 608192.55286Tswana Slurry 608202.95540Tswana Wintershoek 608211.3642Afrikaans/Tswana Remainder of the municipality(Mafikeng Part 2) 608231,777.218,433Tswana
Politics
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.
References
External links http://www.mafikeng.gov.za/