Bojanala Platinum
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 25°25′S 27°15′E / 25.417°S 27.250°E / -25.417; 27.250
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
Seat	Rustenburg
Local municipalities	List Moretele Madibeng Rustenburg Kgetlengrivier Moses Kotane
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Lj Diremelo
Area
• Total	18,333 km2 (7,078 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	1,507,505
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [2]
• Black African	95.4%
• Coloured	0.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	3.7%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Tswana	55.3%
• Tsonga	8.1%
• Afrikaans	7.2%
• Xhosa	5.6%
• Other	23.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC37

The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Bojanala Platinum) is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Rustenburg. As of 2011, a majority of its 1,507,505 residents spoke Setswana. The district code is DC37.

Bojanala Platinum is surrounded by:

• Waterberg (DC36) to the north
• Tshwane (Pretoria) to the east
• West Rand (CBDC8) to the south-east
• Dr Kenneth Kaunda (DC40) to the south
• Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the west

The district contains the following local municipalities:

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Election results for Bojanala Platinum in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 772,262 [65.15% of total population]
• Total votes: 445,856 [37.61% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 57.73% votes as a % of population 18 and over

In October 2023, the Hawks arrested the council's municipal manager, who was implicated in corruption involving R134 million, including spending R2 million on two laptops.^[3]

• Bojanala Platinum DM Official Website