| Joe Morolong | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Coordinates: | -27°N 23°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
| Seat: | 29 |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 15 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Dineo Leutlwetse-Tshabalala |
| Area Total Km2: | 20172 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 89530 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 96.4% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 2.0% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 1.2% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 90.7% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 3.6% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.9% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | % |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 3.8% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NC451 |
Joe Morolong Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Joe Morolong), formerly Moshaweng Municipality, is a local municipality within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Moshaweng is a Setswana name for "place of sand".[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62101 | 0.73 | 48 | Tswana | ||
| 62102 | 737.16 | 3,305 | Tswana | ||
| 62103 | 2,647.09 | 27,063 | Tswana | ||
| 62104 | 451.26 | 6,531 | Tswana | ||
| 62105 | 169.22 | 1,050 | Tswana | ||
| 39501 | 17.11 | 1,002 | Afrikaans | ||
| 39502 | 29.92 | 1,232 | Tswana | ||
| 39503 | 10,651.43 | 3,166 | Tswana | ||
| 62106 | 2,024.22 | 46,111 | Tswana | ||
| 39504 | 0.90 | 848 | Tswana |
See main article: Joe Morolong Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of twenty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fourteen 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 eighteen seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[6] [7]
| Joe Morolong local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 14,419 | 15,174 | 29,593 | 60.2% | 13 | 5 | 18 | ||
| 6,754 | 6,817 | 13,571 | 27.6% | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 770 | 793 | 1,563 | 3.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1,313 | – | 1,313 | 2.7% | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 464 | 746 | 1,210 | 2.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 341 | 415 | 756 | 1.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 255 | 448 | 703 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 211 | 232 | 443 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 24,527 | 24,625 | 49,152 | 15 | 14 | 29 | ||
| Valid votes | 24,527 | 24,625 | 49,152 | 96.6% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 859 | 857 | 1,716 | 3.4% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 25,386 | 25,482 | 50,868 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 25,836 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 49,979 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 51.7% | |||||||