Phumelela | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
Seat | Vrede |
Wards | 8 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Tlokotsi John Motaung |
Area | |
• Total | 8,183 km2 (3,159 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 47,772 |
• Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 91.6% |
• Coloured | 0.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 7.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 56.0% |
• Sotho | 32.4% |
• Afrikaans | 7.5% |
• English | 1.2% |
• Other | 2.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | FS195 |
Phumelela Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Phumelela; Sotho : Masepala wa Phumelela) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Phumelela means "to succeed" in isiZulu. [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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Memel | 41601 | 6.56 | 469 | Afrikaans |
Thembalihle | 41603 | 2.33 | 15,952 | Zulu |
Vrede | 41604 | 54.69 | 1,482 | Afrikaans |
Warden | 41605 | 11.84 | 1,063 | Afrikaans |
Zamani | 41606 | 4.28 | 5,008 | Zulu |
Zenzeleni | 41607 | 5.15 | 5,720 | Zulu |
Remainder of the municipality | 41602 | 7,463.21 | 21,209 | Zulu |
The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight 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 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of eleven 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 | 6,769 | 63.29 | 8 | 7,000 | 65.10 | 3 | 11 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,235 | 11.55 | 0 | 1,378 | 12.82 | 2 | 2 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,075 | 10.05 | 0 | 1,211 | 11.26 | 2 | 2 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 567 | 5.30 | 0 | 615 | 5.72 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 767 | 7.17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 other parties | 283 | 2.65 | 0 | 549 | 5.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 10,696 | 100.00 | 8 | 10,753 | 100.00 | 8 | 16 | |
Valid votes | 10,696 | 97.02 | 10,753 | 96.73 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 328 | 2.98 | 364 | 3.27 | ||||
Total votes | 11,024 | 100.00 | 11,117 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 24,050 | 45.84 | 24,050 | 46.22 |
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