Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality is a local municipality

Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...

 in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, in the North West

North West (South African province)

North West is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mafikeng. The province is located to the west of the major population centre of Gauteng.-History:...

 province of South Africa. It was created at the local government elections of 18 May 2011 by merging the Kagisano

Kagisano Local Municipality

Kagisano Local Municipality was a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa, until the election of 18 May 2011, when it was merged with the Molopo Local Municipality to form the Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality....

 and Molopo

Molopo Local Municipality

Molopo Local Municipality was a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa, until the election of 18 May 2011, when it was merged with the Kagisano Local Municipality to form the Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality....

 municipalities.

Geography

Kagisano-Molopo covers an area of 23827 square kilometres (9,199.7 sq mi) in the north-western corner of the North West province. It borders on the Kgalagadi District of the Republic of Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

 to the north, Moshaweng Local Municipality in the Northern Cape

Northern Cape

The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...

 province to the south-west, Greater Taung Local Municipality

Greater Taung Local Municipality

Greater Taung Local Municipality is a local municipality in Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The Seat of local municipality is Taung....

 to the south, Naledi Local Municipality to the south-east, and Ratlou Local Municipality

Ratlou Local Municipality

Ratlou Local Municipality is a local municipality in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa....

 to the east. The main towns in the municipality are Ganyesa, Pomfret, Morokweng and Piet Plessis

Piet Plessis

Piet Plessis is a small town in the North West Province of South Africa. It lies adjacent to rural road R377. The nearest larger city, and business hub, is Vryburg which is about to the south. The Botswana border lies approximately north of Piet Plessis....

.

Demographics

According to the Community Survey 2007, the combined area of the Kagisano and Molopo municipalities had a population of 82,462, giving it a population density of 3.5 PD/sqkm. The majority of this population, 96.2%, described themselves as "Black African"; there are small minorities who self-describe as "Coloured

Coloured

In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswana and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured refers to an heterogenous ethnic group who possess ancestry from Europe, various Khoisan and Bantu tribes of Southern Africa, West Africa, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaya, India, Mozambique,...

" (2.1%) and "White" (1.7%). 92.1% of the population speak Setswana as a first language

First language

A first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity...

, while 3.2% speak Afrikaans.

Government

For the 2011 elections, the municipality was divided into fifteen wards, each electing one councillor, with a further fifteen councillors being elected by party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...

. The results of the election were as follows:

|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
!colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Party !! Ward votes !! Ward % !! PR votes !! PR % !! Total votes !! Total %
|-
| || 19,667 || 77.9 || 20,256 || 79.7 || 39,923 || 78.8
|-
| || 2,207 || 8.7 || 2,112 || 8.3 || 4,319 || 8.5
|-
| || 1,518 || 6.0 || 1,349 || 5.3 || 2,867 || 5.7
|-
| || 775 || 3.1 || 777 || 3.1 || 1553 || 3.1
|-
| || 653 || 2.6 || 639 || 2.5 || 1292 || 2.6
|-
| || 245 || 1.0 || 274 || 1.1 || 519 || 1.0
|-
| || 188 || 0.7 || N/A || N/A || 188 || 0.4
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total valid votes ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 25,253 ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 25,407 ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 50,660
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 754 ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 658 ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 1412
|}

All of the elected ward councillors were ANC candidates. As a result, the seats on the municipal council were allocated as follows:

|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
!colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Party !! Ward seats !! PR top-up seats !! Total seats
|-
| || 15 || 9 || 24
|-
| || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
| || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
| || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| || 0 || 1 || 1
|}