# City of Matlosana

The City of Matlosana (Tswana: Toropo ya Matlosana; Sotho: Toropo ya Matlosana; Afrikaans: Stad Matlosana; Xhosa: IsiXeko saseMatlosana), formerly the City Council of Klerksdorp, is a local municipality within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.

## Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
| Place | Code | Area (km$^2$) | Population | Most spoken language |
| Buffelsfontein | 61901 | 0.24 | 1,825 | Sotho |
| Dominionville | 61903 | 6.24 | 542 | Afrikaans |
| Faan Meintjies Nature Reserve | 61904 | 8.86 | 18 | Xhosa |
| GTC Village | 61905 | 0.41 | 445 | Sotho |
| Hartebeesfontein | 61906 | 3.72 | 1,275 | Afrikaans |
| Hartebeestfontein Mine | 61907 | 60.65 | 4,350 | Sotho |
| Jouberton | 61908 | 15.74 | 104,977 | Tswana |
| Kanana | 61909 | 9.90 | 66,936 | Sotho |
| Khayalihle | 61910 | 0.09 | 1,501 | Xhosa |
| Khuma | 61911 | 7.08 | 42,963 | Tswana |
| Klerksdorp | 61912 | 115.17 | 59,509 | Afrikaans |
| Margaret Mine | 61913 | 56.23 | 0 | - |
| Orkney | 61914 | 137.70 | 15,539 | Afrikaans |
| Paballong Village | 61915 | 0.24 | 516 | Xhosa |
| Stilfontein Gold Mine | 61917 | 0.32 | 470 | Tswana |
| Stilfontein | 61916 | 7.63 | 14,713 | Afrikaans |
| Tigane | 61918 | 1.21 | 12,111 | Tswana |
| Vaal Reefs | 61919 | 6.15 | 11,345 | Xhosa |
| Remainder of the municipality | 61902 | 3,125.09 | 20,194 | Tswana |

## Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-eight 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
| Party | Party | Ward | Ward | Ward | List | List | List | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | African National Congress | 38,845 | 51.83 | 31 | 39,800 | 52.60 | 9 | 40 |
| | Democratic Alliance | 15,511 | 20.69 | 7 | 15,552 | 20.55 | 9 | 16 |
| | Economic Freedom Fighters | 8,528 | 11.38 | 0 | 8,750 | 11.56 | 9 | 9 |
| | Freedom Front Plus | 6,670 | 8.90 | 1 | 6,571 | 8.68 | 6 | 7 |
| | Forum for Service Delivery | 1,737 | 2.32 | 0 | 1,828 | 2.42 | 2 | 2 |
| | Patriotic Alliance | 1,386 | 1.85 | 0 | 1,517 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 |
| | African Christian Democratic Party | 510 | 0.68 | 0 | 476 | 0.63 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent candidates | 941 | 1.26 | 0 | | | | 0 |
| | 6 other parties | 825 | 1.10 | 0 | 1,178 | 1.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 74,953 | 100.00 | 39 | 75,672 | 100.00 | 38 | 77 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 74,953 | 97.82 | | 75,672 | 98.05 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,672 | 2.18 | | 1,504 | 1.95 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 76,625 | 100.00 | | 77,176 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 181,905 | 42.12 | | 181,905 | 42.43 | | |

## Languages

The 2011 census indicated the following prevalence of languages in this municipality: 36.0% Setswana;
19.9% Sesotho; 17.3% Afrikaans; 14.0% IsiXhosa; 4.3% English; 2.1% IsiZulu; 1.2% Xitsonga ...