Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

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Mangaung
Bloemfontein
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
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Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
Seat Bloemfontein
Wards 51
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Gregory Nthatisi (ANC)
Area
  Total6,284 km2 (2,426 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
  Total811,431
  Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)
[2]
   Black African 87.9%
   Coloured 3.8%
   Indian/Asian 0.4%
   White 7.8%
First languages (2011)
[3]
   Sotho 53.3%
   Afrikaans 16.2%
   Tswana 12.6%
   Xhosa 9.9%
  Other8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMAN

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (Sotho : Masepala o Moholo wa Mangaung; Zulu : UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseMangawunge; Afrikaans : Mangaung Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Tswana : Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Mangaung; Xhosa : uMasipala oMbaxa wase Mangaung) is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho word meaning "place of cheetahs", as it was not uncommon for the Basotho to name warrior regiments after ferocious animals.

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Before the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, Mangaung was a local municipality within the Motheo District Municipality. [4] In the municipal elections held on 1 November 2021, the African National Congress won 51 out of 100 seats on the Metro Council, while the Democratic Alliance won 26 seats and the Economic Freedom Fighters won 12 seats.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Barolong Baga Moroka 40501 911.668,556 Sotho
Bloemfontein 40502 287.46111,697 Afrikaans
Botshabelo 40503 228.79175,822Sotho
Mangaung 40504 46.23217,076Sotho
Morago 40505 221.373,941 Tswana
Opkoms 40506 2.8415,397Afrikaans
Peter Swart 40507 1.9710,002Sotho
Rodenbeck 40508 2.057,837Sotho
Sonskyn 40509 0.803,630Sotho
Thaba 'Nchu 40510 216.2367,269Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 40511 4,364.1124,220Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of one hundred members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifty wards, while the remaining fifty 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 of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 87,10049.754090,67251.511151
Democratic Alliance 45,48225.981144,85725.481526
Economic Freedom Fighters 19,68111.24020,01811.371212
Freedom Front Plus 7,9704.5507,7714.4155
Patriotic Alliance 3,1961.8303,1261.7822
Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats 2,8211.6102,2201.2622
African Independent Congress 2,9701.7001,4840.8411
African Christian Democratic Party 1,2920.7401,2240.7011
African Transformation Movement 1,0180.5801,0710.6111
Independent candidates 9920.5700
14 other parties2,5551.4603,5832.0400
Total175,077100.0051176,026100.0050101
Valid votes175,07798.40176,02698.47
Invalid/blank votes2,8501.602,7361.53
Total votes177,927100.00178,762100.00
Registered voters/turnout410,78543.31410,78543.52

Maladministration

Since April 2022, 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. [7]

Mayors of Mangaung

The following people have served as the Executive Mayor of the municipality since its founding in 2000:

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Thabo Manyoni is a South African politician who was the Mayor of Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality from 2011 to 2016. He represented his party, the African National Congress (ANC), in the Free State Executive Council from 2009 to 2011 and in the National Assembly from 2016 to 2017. He was Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the ANC's Free State branch from 2008 to 2017. He was also Chairperson of the South African Local Government Association from 2011 to 2016 and in 2019 he was appointed to a five-year term as Chairperson of South Africa's Municipal Demarcation Board.

Motlagomang Grazy "Mamiki" Qabathe is a South African politician from the Free State. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State Provincial Legislature between January 2008 and May 2024. During that time she served in the Executive Council of the Free State continuously between 2008 and 2023, excepting a term as Speaker of the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2015 to 2019.

Dibeela Gertrude Mothupi is a South African politician who has been a part-time member of the Commission for Gender Equality since 2019. She was Mayor of Mangaung from 2006 to 2008 and served in the Free State Provincial Legislature.

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