| Rand West City | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 70px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | West Rand |
| Seat: | Randfontein |
| Parts: | 35 |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1115 |
| Population Total: | 261053 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | GT485 |
Rand West City Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Rand West City; Afrikaans: Rand West City Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Rand West City; Sotho, Southern: Masepala wa Rand West City) is a local municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It was established after the August 2016 local elections by merging the Randfontein and Westonaria local municipalities.[2] It is a division of the West Rand District Municipality.
See main article: Rand West City Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of 69 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 35 councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 35 wards, while the remaining 34 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) lost their majority of seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[3]
| Rand West City local election, 1 November 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| 24,410 | 25,253 | 49,663 | 45.3% | 27 | 5 | 32 | ||
| 12,629 | 12,569 | 25,198 | 23.0% | 8 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7,953 | 8,537 | 16,490 | 15.1% | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2,092 | 2,135 | 4,227 | 3.9% | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1,513 | 1,571 | 3,084 | 2.8% | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2,618 | – | 2,618 | 2.4% | 0 | – | 0 | ||
| 715 | 662 | 1,377 | 1.3% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 574 | 756 | 1,330 | 1.2% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 488 | 654 | 1,142 | 1.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 423 | 562 | 985 | 0.9% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 410 | 480 | 890 | 0.8% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 other parties | 1,105 | 1,456 | 2,561 | 2.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 54,930 | 54,635 | 109,565 | 35 | 34 | 69 | ||
| Valid votes | 54,930 | 54,635 | 109,565 | 97.6% | ||||
| Spoilt votes | 1,074 | 1,564 | 2,638 | 2.4% | ||||
| Total votes cast | 56,004 | 56,199 | 112,203 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 56,519 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 131,921 | |||||||
| Turnout percentage | 42.8% | |||||||
The power utility Eskom has identified Rand West as a municipality with a poor payment record. In 2021 it owed Eskom over R510 million.[4]