Rand West City Local Municipality

Rand West City Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Rand West City; Afrikaans: Rand West City Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Rand West City; Sotho: 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.

Rand West City
Local municipality
Official seal of Rand West City
Seal
Location of Rand West City Local Municipality within Gauteng
Location of Rand West City Local Municipality within Gauteng
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
DistrictWest Rand
SeatRandfontein
Boroughs35
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
Area
[1]
 • Total1,115 km2 (431 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total261,053
 • Density230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeGT485

Politics
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
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 24,41025,25349,66345.3%27532
Democratic Alliance 12,62912,56925,19823.0%8816
Economic Freedom Fighters 7,9538,53716,49015.1%01111
Freedom Front Plus 2,0922,1354,2273.9%033
Patriotic Alliance 1,5131,5713,0842.8%022
Independent candidates 2,618–2,6182.4%0–0
Azanian People's Organisation 7156621,3771.3%011
Randfontein Peoples Party 5747561,3301.2%011
African Independent Congress 4886541,1421.0%011
Inkatha Freedom Party 4235629850.9%011
African Christian Democratic Party 4104808900.8%011
8 other parties 1,1051,4562,5612.3%000
Total 54,93054,635109,565353469
Valid votes 54,93054,635109,56597.6%
Spoilt votes 1,0741,5642,6382.4%
Total votes cast 56,00456,199112,203
Voter turnout 56,519
Registered voters 131,921
Turnout percentage 42.8%

Management

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]


References
  1. Sum of the statistics from Census 2011 for Randfontein, Westonaria.
  2. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Rand West City". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  4. Khumalo, Sibongile (2 September 2021). "Eskom wins judgment against Emfuleni municipality over R1.3 billion debt". news24.com. fin24. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

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