Mafube | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Fezile Dabi |
Seat | Frankfort |
Wards | 9 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Jabulani Sigasa (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 57,876 |
• Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 91.9% |
• Coloured | 0.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 7.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 64.4% |
• Zulu | 20.9% |
• Afrikaans | 8.3% |
• Xhosa | 1.7% |
• Other | 4.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | FS205 |
Mafube Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Mafube; Zulu : UMasipala wase Mafube) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.
Mafube is a Sesotho word meaning "dawning of the new day". [4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Cornelia | 42001 | 1.95 | 1,502 | Sotho |
Frankfort | 42002 | 32.64 | 1,900 | Zulu |
Mafahlaneng | 42003 | 145.68 | 5,367 | Sotho |
Namahadi | 42005 | 4.28 | 19,413 | Sotho |
Ntshwanatsatsi | 42006 | 0.36 | 1,867 | Sotho |
Qalabotjha | 42007 | 1.95 | 17,244 | Sotho |
Villiers | 42008 | 24.27 | 984 | Zulu |
Remainder of the municipality | 42004 | 4,371.52 | 9,363 | Sotho |
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 election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of ten seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election. [6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 7,315 | 55.69 | 9 | 7,590 | 58.28 | 1 | 10 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,708 | 13.00 | 0 | 2,036 | 15.63 | 3 | 3 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,216 | 9.26 | 0 | 1,242 | 9.54 | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,026 | 7.81 | 0 | 1,195 | 9.18 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent candidates | 1,446 | 11.01 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 other parties | 424 | 3.23 | 0 | 960 | 7.37 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 13,135 | 100.00 | 9 | 13,023 | 100.00 | 8 | 17 | |
Valid votes | 13,135 | 98.40 | 13,023 | 98.25 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 213 | 1.60 | 232 | 1.75 | ||||
Total votes | 13,348 | 100.00 | 13,255 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 29,510 | 45.23 | 29,510 | 44.92 |
In 2015 the municipal manager, Nkabi Hlubi, allegedly awarded tenders to the value of R21 million to Pit Dog Trading. The latter company allegedly manipulated its tender grading and provided Hlubi with kickbacks of R1 million each time a municipal payment was made. Hlubi appeared in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court in 2021 on charges of fraud and corruption. [7]
As of January 2024, the municipality is under administration, one of 32 in the country, and three in the Free State where the provincial executive has intervened due to maladministration [8]
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