Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 475 km² Black african population 69.2% Native sotho speakers 6.4% | Wards 22 Municipal code GT482 White population 20.1% Native afrikaans speakers 28.9% Native tswana speakers 34.1% | |
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Randfontein local municipality s rude awakening
Randfontein Local Municipality was a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, in South Africa.
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- Randfontein local municipality s rude awakening
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- Main places
- Politics
- References
Randfontein Local Municipality is characterized by high levels of unemployment and poverty and low levels of education and income. Nonetheless, it has become the migration destination for many South Africans seeking a better quality of life in Gauteng, especially for poor people from the adjacent North West Province.
After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Rand West City Local Municipality.
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Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-two wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 twenty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.