Letsemeng Local Municipality

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Letsemeng
Local municipality
Letsemeng CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Free State with Letsemeng highlighted.svg
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Xhariep
Seat Koffiefontein
Wards 6
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorThandiwe Reachable
Area
 • Total9,829 km2 (3,795 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total38,628
 • Density3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 67.8%
 •  Coloured 23.4%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 8.1%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Afrikaans 63.7%
 •  Sotho 12.4%
 •  Xhosa 10.8%
 •  Tswana 9.7%
 • Other3.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS161

Letsemeng Municipality (Afrikaans : Letsemeng Munisipaliteit; Sotho : Masepala wa Letsemeng; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Letsemeng) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Boitumelong 40101 0.24330 Afrikaans
Bolokanang 40102 0.926,343 Tswana
Diamant Hoogte 40103 0.111,208Afrikaans
Ditlhake 40104 2.218,727Afrikaans
Jacobsdal 40105 2.251,709Afrikaans
Koffiefontein 40106 33.791,443Afrikaans
Luckhoff 40108 30.382,388Afrikaans
Oppermans 40109 0.261,167Afrikaans
Petrusburg 40110 1.99588Afrikaans
Ratanang 40111 0.624,852Afrikaans
Relebohile 40112 0.15671Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 40107 10,155.0013,533Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 6,18864.0276,22065.0429
Democratic Alliance 1,53115.8401,56216.3322
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,00910.4401,06411.1311
Freedom Front Plus 4845.0104945.1711
Independent candidates 2862.9600
2 other parties1671.7302232.3300
Total9,665100.0079,563100.00613
Valid votes9,66597.699,56396.72
Invalid/blank votes2292.313243.28
Total votes9,894100.009,887100.00
Registered voters/turnout19,47250.8119,47250.78

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The Letsemeng Local Municipality council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 eight 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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Letsemeng". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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