Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
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Bojanala Platinum is one of the 4 districts
Districts of South Africa
South Africa is divided into 52 districts . The 12th amendment to the Constitution reduced this number from 53. Another effect of this amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover the entire area of...

 of North West province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. The seat of Bojanala Platinum is Rustenburg. The majority of its 1 185 325 people speak Setswana (2001 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

). The district code is DC37.

Neighbours

Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:
  • Waterberg
    Waterberg District Municipality
    Waterberg is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Waterberg is Modimolle . The majority of its 614 139 people speak Northern Sotho . The district code is DC36.-Geography:...

     (DC36) to the north
  • Tshwane (Pretoria) to the east
  • West Rand
    West Rand District Municipality
    The West Rand District Municipality is one of the districts of Gauteng province of South Africa, that covers the West Rand area, with the exception of Roodepoort. The seat of the district municipality is Randfontein. The most spoken language of its 744 168 people is Setswana...

     (CBDC8) to the south-east
  • Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south
  • Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the west

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities
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...

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Local municipality Population %
Rustenburg
Rustenburg Local Municipality
Rustenburg Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It is home to Boekenhoutfontein, the farm of Paul Kruger, president of the South African Republic....

 
395 538 33.37%
Madibeng
Madibeng Local Municipality
The Local Municipality of Madibeng is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat of local municipality is Brits. The popular tourist area of Hartebeespoort is also located in the municipality....

 
338 260 28.54%
Moses Kotane
Moses Kotane Local Municipality
Moses Kotane Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It is named in memory of Moses Kotane. The seat of local municipality is Mogwase....

 
236 840 19.98%
Moretele  177 907 15.01%
Kgetlengrivier
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality is a local municipality in Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa....

 
36 475 3.08%
Pilansberg National Park  297 0.03%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

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Language Population %
Setswana  741 549 62.56%
Xitsonga  88 480 7.46%
Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

 
78 530 6.63%
Sepedi  68 747 5.80%
IsiXhosa  64 173 5.41%
Sesotho  47 006 3.97%
IsiZulu  36 545 3.08%
English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 
17 073 1.44%
IsiNdebele  15 618 1.32%
Other  9 712 0.82%
Tshivenda  9 342 0.79%
SiSwati  8 542 0.72%

Gender

Gender Population %
Male 607 862 51.28%
Female 577 463 48.72%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1 093 177 92.23%
White 82 045 6.92%
Coloured 6 360 0.54%
Indian/Asian 3 743 0.32%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 108 805 9.18%
005 - 009 113 058 9.54%
010 - 014 121 707 10.27%
015 - 019 115 306 9.73%
020 - 024 110 477 9.32%
025 - 029 111 264 9.39%
030 - 034 98 631 8.32%
035 - 039 93 814 7.91%
040 - 044 81 984 6.92%
045 - 049 62 264 5.25%
050 - 054 44 466 3.75%
055 - 059 34 288 2.89%
060 - 064 27 783 2.34%
065 - 069 21 309 1.80%
070 - 074 16 438 1.39%
075 - 079 10 575 0.89%
080 - 084 7 800 0.66%
085 - 089 3 115 0.26%
090 - 094 1 424 0.12%
095 - 099 614 0.05%
100 plus 203 0.02%

Election results

Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004
South African general election, 2004
Legislative elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority....

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  • Population 18 and over: 772 262 [65.15% of total population]
  • Total votes: 445 856 [37.61% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 57.73% votes as a % of population 18 and over
    Party Votes %
    African National Congress
    African National Congress
    The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...

     
    372 834 83.62%
    Democratic Alliance  25 214 5.66%
    United Christian Democratic Party  20 370 4.57%
    United Democratic Movement  7 472 1.68%
    African Christian Democratic Party  5 085 1.14%
    Freedom Front Plus  4 022 0.90%
    Pan African Congress  2 964 0.66%
    New National Party  1 597 0.36%
    Independent Democrats  1 426 0.32%
    Inkhata Freedom Party
    Inkatha Freedom Party
    The Inkatha Freedom Party is a political party in South Africa. Since its founding, it has been led by Mangosuthu Buthelezi. It is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa.-History:...

     
    1 384 0.31%
    Azanian People's Organisation  996 0.22%
    NA  477 0.11%
    SOPA  424 0.10%
    EMSA  346 0.08%
    CDP  293 0.07%
    UF  268 0.06%
    PJC  190 0.04%
    TOP  187 0.04%
    KISS  122 0.03%
    Minority Front  100 0.02%
    NLP 85 0.02%
    Total 445 856 100.00%
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