Moretele Local Municipality

Moretele
Official seal of Moretele
Location in the North West
Location in the North West
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
SeatMakapanstad
Wards26
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCllr Andries Monageng (ANC)
 • PR Cllr and ACG Whip in CouncilCllr. Shangy Mbekwa
Area
 • Total1,379 km2 (532 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total186,947
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.4%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana51.7%
 • Tsonga18.4%
 • Northern Sotho13.9%
 • Zulu3.5%
 • Other12.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNW371

Moretele Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Moretele; Tsonga: Masipala wa Moretele; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Moretele) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. As of 2011, its population was approximately 180,000, a majority of whom speak Setswana as a first language.

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.