Kgatelopele Local Municipality


Kgatelopele Municipality is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Kgatelopele is a Setswana name meaning "progress".

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea Population
Danielskuil22.126,730
Five Mission1.70350
Lime Acres755.533,723
Tlhakalatlou0.473,337
Remainder of the municipality2,870.451,305

Demographics

According to the 2022 South African census, the municipality had a population of 19,854 people. Of those, 47.7% identified as "Black African," 40.0% as "Coloured," and 11.6% as "White."

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining 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 1 November 2021 no party obtained a majority on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.