Mohokare Local Municipality

Mohokare
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Xhariep
Seat	Zastron
Wards	6
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Zingisa Mgauli
Area
• Total	8,776 km2 (3,388 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]
• Total	36,968
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022) [2]
•  Black African	89.7%
•  Coloured	1.9%
•  White	8.0%
First languages (2011) [3]
•  Sotho	64.1%
•  Xhosa	23.5%
•  Afrikaans	8.9%
•  English	1.1%
• Other	2.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	FS163

Mohokare Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Mohokare; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Mohokare) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Mohokare is the Sesotho word for the Caledon River, which runs through the municipality. ^[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Goedemoed		6.04	537	Afrikaans
Matlakeng		2.97	13,714	Sotho
Mofulatshepe		1.39	3,584	Sotho
Roleleathunya		2.99	5,955	Sotho
Rouxville		17.02	1,355	Sotho
Smithfield		34.11	1,195	Sotho
Zastron		19.73	1,893	Sotho
Remainder of the municipality		8,691/73	5,912	Sotho

Politics

Main article: Mohokare Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 eight seats on the council.

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

Party		Ward			List			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	African National Congress	4,893	55.84	6	5,650	65.20	2	8
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,569	17.90	0	1,704	19.66	2	2
	Democratic Alliance	799	9.12	0	818	9.44	1	1
	Independent candidates	1,074	12.26	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	382	4.36	0	384	4.43	1	1
	3 other parties	46	0.52	0	110	1.27	0	0
Total		8,763	100.00	7	8,666	100.00	6	13
Valid votes		8,763	97.78		8,666	96.89
Invalid/blank votes		199	2.22		278	3.11
Total votes		8,962	100.00		8,944	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,838	50.24		17,838	50.14

Financial mismanagement

In January 2025, the municipality was listed as one of the top ten municipalities in arrears on their pension contributions. ^[7]

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. "Census 2011: Local Municipality: Mohokare".
6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mohokare". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
7. Banda, Michelle (2025-01-30). "Free State's Mafube Municipality owes workers' pension fund R14m, racks up R113m in arrears". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2025-02-03.

External links

• http://www.mohokare.gov.za/

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