Kopanong Local Municipality

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Kopanong
Local municipality
Kopanong CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Free State with Kopanong highlighted.svg
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Xhariep
Seat Trompsburg
Wards 8
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorXolani Tseletsele
Area
 • Total15,645 km2 (6,041 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total49,171
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 71.5%
 •  Coloured 18.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.4%
 •  White 9.4%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Sotho 37.9%
 •  Afrikaans 34.8%
 •  Xhosa 20.6%
 •  Tswana 2.4%
 • Other4.3%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS162

Kopanong Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Kopanong; Afrikaans : Kopanong Munisipaliteit; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Kopanong) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Kopanong is a Sesotho word meaning "meeting place or where people are invited". The name earmarks unity and seeks to encourage co-operation. [4]

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bethulie 40201 51.801,342 Afrikaans
Charlesville 40202 0.33525 Sotho
Edenburg 40203 28.33935Afrikaans
Fauresmith 40204 54.641,276Afrikaans
Ha-Rasebei 40205 11.277,203Sotho
Hydro Park 40206 0.36586Afrikaans
Ipopeng 40207 0.752,770Afrikaans
Itumeleng 40208 1.173,924Sotho
Jagersfontein 40209 1.031,200Afrikaans
Lephoi 40211 1.195,067 Xhosa
Madikgetla 40212 0.693,938Sotho
Maphodi 40213 0.833,592Xhosa
Oranjekrag 40214 3.82350Afrikaans
Philippolis 40215 67.551,170Afrikaans
Poding-Tse-Rolo 40216 0.352,411Xhosa
Qhoweng 40217 0.743,469Sotho
Reddersburg 40218 18.01967Afrikaans
Springfontein 40219 40.781,753Afrikaans
Trompsburg 40220 1.27925Afrikaans
Waterkloof 40221 20.846Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 40210 14,937.3412,524Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 7,83565.1598,05566.93211
Democratic Alliance 1,99616.6001,96716.3433
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,1209.3101,29910.7922
Freedom Front Plus 6245.1906265.2011
Independent candidates 4033.3500
African Transformation Movement 480.400880.7300
Total12,026100.00912,035100.00817
Valid votes12,02697.9112,03597.45
Invalid/blank votes2572.093152.55
Total votes12,283100.0012,350100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,96749.2024,96749.47

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The Kopanong Local Municipality council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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