| Ratlou | |
| Settlement Type: | Local municipality |
| Seal Size: | 150x100px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | North West |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ngaka Modiri Molema |
| Seat: | Setlagole |
| Parts Type: | Wards |
| Parts: | 14 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | African National Congress |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Matlhomola Jafta |
| Area Total Km2: | 4884 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 107339 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 98.2% |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.7% |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.7% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 87.9% |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 3.7% |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 2.0% |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.9% |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 4.5% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NW381 |
Ratlou Municipality (tn|Mmasepala wa Ratlou), formerly Setla-Kgobi Municipality, is a local municipality within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, in the North West province of South Africa.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60601 | 309.22 | 2,141 | Tswana | ||
| 60602 | 266.70 | 12,725 | Tswana | ||
| 60603 | 56.33 | 42 | Tswana | ||
| 60604 | 650.27 | 71,190 | Tswana | ||
| 60605 | 952.26 | 15,825 | Tswana | ||
| Remainder of the municipality | 60606 | 2,303.38 | 2,404 | Tswana |
See main article: Ratlou Local Municipality elections. The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 nineteen seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
In October 2023, a report unveiled numerous incidents of corruption in the municipality, with the municipality accused of having paid millions of rands for the installation of dysfunctional water tanks, over R4 million for the construction of two roads which were never built, and over R3 million for a stadium that was never built.[6]