About the Bojanala District
South Africa's North West Province comprises four district municipal councils, the largest of which is Bojanala covering more than 18 000km˛. Bojanala, in turn, comprises five local municipalities - Rustenburg, Moretele, Kgetleng, Moses Kotane and Madibeng - and has a total population, predominantly rural, of approximately 1.25 million. Some 300 000 are members of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, spread among 29 villages.
Unemployment in the district, in spite of extensive mining activity, is estimated at more than 40%; more than 67% of 323 000 households earn less than R1 600 a month and only 7% earn more than R6 400 a month. Some 39% of the population is aged 19 or younger, with a little more than 53% falling within the economically active category of 20 to 60 years of age.
As much as 15% of the population older than 20 years of age have not received any form of schooling and a further 20% some primary education. This implies that about 35% of the total adult population may be regarded as functionally illiterate. Only 20% of the adult population has completed high school and a little more than 5% has obtained some form of tertiary education.
For more information visit www.bojanala.gov.za
