Ngwathe Local Municipality

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Ngwathe
Local municipality
Ngwathe CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Free State with Ngwathe highlighted.svg
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Fezile Dabi
Seat Parys
Wards 20
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorVictoria de Beer [2]
Area
 • Total7,055 km2 (2,724 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [3]
 • Total120,520
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[3]
 •  Black African 86.5%
 •  Coloured 2.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 10.3%
First languages (2011)
[4]
 •  Sotho 68.6%
 •  Afrikaans 13.4%
 •  Xhosa 8.5%
 •  Zulu 3.4%
 • Other6.1%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS203

Ngwathe Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Ngwathe; Afrikaans : Ngwathe Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Ngwathe is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River. [5]

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Edenville 41801 9.25896 Sotho
Heilbron 41802 26.479,652Sotho
Koppies 41803 114.90967 Afrikaans
Kwakwatsi 41804 1.817,830Sotho
Mokwallo 41805 1.878,637Sotho
Ngwathe 41811 0.885,294Sotho
Parys 41807 17.2810,716Afrikaans
Phiritona 41808 3.1015,874Sotho
Tumahole 41809 23.2133,084Sotho
Vredefort 41810 19.773,053Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 41806 6,860.5522,811Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-one seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 15,91355.511816,02055.80321
Democratic Alliance 5,48919.1515,53219.2767
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,76413.1303,91313.6355
Freedom Front Plus 1,8296.3801,8326.3833
Ngwathe Residents Association 7512.6207382.5711
Independent candidates 4121.4400
7 other parties5071.7706762.3500
Total28,665100.001928,711100.001837
Valid votes28,66598.2728,71198.20
Invalid/blank votes5061.735261.80
Total votes29,171100.0029,237100.00
Registered voters/turnout63,78345.7363,78345.84

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The Ngwathe Local Municipality council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ngwathe se nuwe burgemeester ingehuldig". Parys Gazette. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  6. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ngwathe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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