Masilonyana Local Municipality

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Masilonyana
Local municipality
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Seal
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Location in the Free State
Coordinates: 28°31′00″S27°01′00″E / 28.5167°S 27.0167°E / -28.5167; 27.0167
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Lejweleputswa
Seat Theunissen
Wards 10
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorKunatu Steve Koalane
Area
 • Total6,796 km2 (2,624 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total63,334
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 91.6%
 •  Coloured 1.1%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 6.7%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Sotho 66.9%
 •  Xhosa 10.8%
 •  Afrikaans 9.6%
 •  Tswana 6.9%
 • Other5.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS181

Masilonyana Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Masilonyana; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Masilonyana) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Masilonyana is a Setswana word meaning "freedom". [4]

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Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Brandfort 27.083,134 Afrikaans
Ikgomotseng 1.143,253 Tswana
Majemasweu 2.799,765 Sotho
Makeleketla 3.6912,701Sotho
Masilo 4.7021,963Sotho
Theunissen 9.151,549Afrikaans
Tshepong 0.612,042Sotho
Verkeerdevlei 7.2793Afrikaans
Winburg 63.461,373Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 6,676.187,461Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 6,79352.9797,28656.67211
Democratic Alliance 2,45519.1412,80121.7834
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,1719.1301,53611.9522
Independent candidates 1,42611.1200
Freedom Front Plus 7015.4706765.2611
Forum for Service Delivery 1020.8001961.5211
3 other parties1771.3803632.8200
Total12,825100.001012,858100.00919
Valid votes12,82597.5312,85897.56
Invalid/blank votes3252.473222.44
Total votes13,150100.0013,180100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,40844.7229,40844.82

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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. ↑ "Census 2011: Local Municipality: Masilonyana".
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Masilonyana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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