Bojanala Platinum District Municipality case study: is the rich mineral wealth benefiting the community in terms of service provision

The BPDM is located in North West Province. Whilst the total land area of the North West Province is 106 512 square kilometres or 8.7% of South Africa's land area, the BPDM takes up 18 332 square kilometres or 17% of the provincial land area. According to the BPDM Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2007-2012, the BPDM is a Category C municipality that comprises of five Category B local municipalities. These are Moretele, Madibeng, Kgetlengrivier, Mosses Kotane and Rustenburg which comprises a total of 139 wards and approximately 63% of total economic activity in the province (COGTA 2020/2021:22). The four local economies of Madibeng, Rustenburg, Mahikeng and Matlosana Municipalities represent approximately 50% of the North West population and 58% of the North West labour force.