Mankwe is a small settlement north of

Pilanesberg The Pilanesberg (formerly Pilandsberg) is a mountain in the North West Province, South Africa, North West Province, South Africa. The mountain is an ancient volcanic structure, circular in shape, that rises from flat surrounding plains. It is fo ...

and

Rustenburg Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch language, Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a town at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West (South African province), North West province, South Africa (549 ...

in the

North West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A ''compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each ...

province of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. It falls under the

Moses Kotane Local Municipality Moses Kotane Municipality () is a Local municipality (South Africa), local municipality within the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, in the North West Province (South Africa), North West province of South Africa. It is named in memory of Mo ...

and the

Bojanala District Municipality The Bojanala Platinum District Municipality () 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 i ...

People

The dancer

Motsi Mabuse Motshegetsi "Motsi" Mabuse (born 11 April 1981) is a South African dancer who lives in Germany. She is known for appearing on the German dance competition '' Let's Dance'', originally as a professional dancer, and later as a judge on the show, a ...

was born here in 1981 in what was then the nominal '' Republic of Bophutatswana''.

References

Populated places in the Rustenburg Local Municipality {{NorthWestZA-geo-stub