Executive Mayor Cllr MD Sejosingoe
Mafikeng is the capital of North West Province. The municipality shares a border with Botswana, which places the region in a unique position in terms of interacting with people from the rest of Africa.
The Mafikeng Local Municipality is connected to the rest of the country and Africa by rail, road and air. The town now incorporates Mmabatho (Mother of the People), formerly the capital of Bophuthatswana. Mafikeng is about 300km west of Johannesburg – a comfortable three-hour drive.
Main industries/business sectors
Mafikeng Local Municipality is a very attractive investment and tourism destination in our country, with vast investment opportunities such as potential sites for development in the fields of residential, commercial and industrial development, Mafikeng Industrial Development Zone, as well as investment incentive schemes in line with national and local government policies on offer.
Tourism is being targeted as a major growth industry. A major initiative is underway, led by the Mafikeng Action Programme, a community-based, government-supported and private-sector-led organisation dedicated to putting Mafikeng back on the world tourist map. The BaRolong-Boora-Tshidi, the local municipality, the private sector and civil society joined forces to launch the Greater Mafikeng Revival project for the town.
Main attractions
• Mafikeng Game Reserve: A 4 600ha paradise which nestles comfortably alongside the upmarket suburb of Riviera Park
• World Centre for Science and Environment of the Scout Movement: Built in line with Mafikeng’s links with the Boy Scouts, to commemorate the centenary of the Siege Cadets and the birth of the idea of scouting in 1899
• Heroes Acre: This Bophuthatswana-era cemetery honours heroes killed during an uprising against the government of Bophuthatswana at Braklaagte and Leeuwfontein
• Modimola Dam
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Disaneng Dam
• First Shots of the War: Kraaipan is the site of the first engagement of the Anglo-Boer War/South African War, on 12 October 1899.
• Monument to Boer ambush of British (Koedoesrant), Tontonyane: This is the site of the battle for the ‘Liberation of Mafikeng’ at the end of the Siege on 16 May 1900
Key facts and figures
District municipality: Ngaka Modiri-Molema District Municipality
Population: 259 479
Area covered: 3 698km2
Major towns: Mafikeng, Mmabatho, Ottoshoop, Ramatlabana, Rooigroond
Key infrastructure
Main roads: R49
Railways: Railway lines running
north, east and south-west from Mafikeng
Airports: Mafikeng International Airport
Contact details
Key personnel:
• Cllr MD Sejosingoe, Executive Mayor
• Mr Hendrik Smit, Municipal Manager
Key contact people:
• Mr Hendrik Smit, Municipal Manager
• Mr Thapelo Matebesi, Manager: Communicatioons & Public Relations
Physical address: Cnr University Drive and Hector Peterson Avenue, Mmabatho 2735
Postal address: Private Bag X63, Mmabatho 2735
Tel.: +27 18 389 0111
Fax: +27 18 384 5712
Email: communications@mafikeng.gov.za
Website: www.mafikeng.gov.za
