Mankwe

Place in North West, South Africa
25°35′35″S 27°11′42″E / 25.593°S 27.195°E / -25.593; 27.195CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorth WestDistrictBojanalaMunicipalityMoses KotaneArea • Total1.25 km2 (0.48 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total551 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African100.0%First languages (2011) • Tswana86.2% • English6.9% • Sign language3.1% • Zulu1.4% • Other2.4%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Mankwe is a small settlement north of Pilanesberg and Rustenburg in the North West province of South Africa. It falls under the Moses Kotane Local Municipality and the Bojanala District Municipality.

People

The dancer Motsi Mabuse was born here in 1981 in what was then the nominal Republic of Bophutatswana.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Mankwe". Census 2011.
  2. ^ ""Das Supertalent"-Jury: Motsi Mabuse wird der neue Bruce Darnell - TV SPIELFILM". TV Spielfilm Online (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2018.


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