| Mothibistad | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -27.399°N 23.489°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Cape |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ga-Segonyana |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.49 |
| Population Total: | 9616 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 98.9% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.6% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.4% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.2% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 88.0% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | English |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 3.0% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | S. Ndebele |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 1.7% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 5.9% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 053 |
Mothibistad is a town situated 9km (06miles) northeast of Kuruman in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Before 1994 it was in the Bophuthatswana bantustan, and from 1994 until a border change in 2006 it was in North West province. According to the census of 2011 it had a population of 9,616, of whom 99% described themselves as Black African and 88% spoke Tswana as a first language.[1] It falls within the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality and the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality.