Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 3,561 km² Black african population 81% Native sotho speakers 20.3% | Wards 35 Municipal code NW403 White population 14.5% Native afrikaans speakers 17.6% | |
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The city of matlosana
The City of Matlosana (formerly City Council of Klerksdorp) is a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa.
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Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy 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-five 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
