Country South Africa Seat Brits Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 3,839 km² Black african population 89.3% Native tswana speakers 43.5% | Province North West Wards 36 Municipal code NW372 White population 8.9% Native afrikaans speakers 9% | |
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District Bojanala Platinum District Municipality | ||
The Local Municipality of Madibeng is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartebeespoort is also located in the municipality.
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Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-four seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.