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Rustenburg Metropolitan Rustenburg Local Municipality
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the North West
Coordinates: 25°40′S 27°20′E / 25.667°S 27.333°E / -25.667; 27.333
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala Platinum
Seat	Rustenburg
Wards	45
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sheila Mabale-Huma (ANC)
Area
• Total	3,423 km (1,322 sq mi)
Population
• Total	549,575
• Density	160/km (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	88.5%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	9.4%
First languages (2011)
• Tswana	53.9%
• Afrikaans	9.9%
• Xhosa	9.6%
• Tsonga	5.6%
• Other	21%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NW373

Rustenburg Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Rustenburg; Afrikaans: Rustenburg Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa. Rustenburg is situated at the foot of the Magalies mountain range. Rustenburg (meaning "town of rest" or "resting place" in Afrikaans) was proclaimed a township in 1851. The city of Rustenburg is situated some 112 km northwest from both Johannesburg and Pretoria. It is a malaria-free area. Rustenburg is the fastest growing municipality in South Africa, with the population rising from 387,096 in 2001 to 449,776 in 2007. It is the most populous municipality in the North West province.

Rustenburg is a Dutch name meaning "town (originally castle) of rest".

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-four 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 won a majority on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.

References

1. "Rustenburg Local Municipality - South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
2. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Rustenburg". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-12-04.

External links

• Official website

v t e Municipalities of the North West
District and local	Bojanala Platinum Moretele Madibeng Rustenburg Kgetlengrivier Moses Kotane Ngaka Modiri Molema Ratlou Tswaing Mahikeng Ditsobotla Ramotshere Moiloa Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati Naledi Mamusa Greater Taung Lekwa-Teemane Kagisano–Molopo Dr Kenneth Kaunda JB Marks City of Matlosana Maquassi Hills
List of municipalities in the North West

• Local municipalities of the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality