Phumelela Local Municipality

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Phumelela
Local municipality
Phumelela CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Free State with Phumelela highlighted.svg
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Thabo Mofutsanyane
Seat Vrede
Wards 8
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorTlokotsi John Motaung
Area
 • Total8,183 km2 (3,159 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total47,772
 • Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 91.6%
 •  Coloured 0.4%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 7.3%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Zulu 56.0%
 •  Sotho 32.4%
 •  Afrikaans 7.5%
 •  English 1.2%
 • Other2.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS195

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]

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Memel 41601 6.56469 Afrikaans
Thembalihle 41603 2.3315,952 Zulu
Vrede 41604 54.691,482Afrikaans
Warden 41605 11.841,063Afrikaans
Zamani 41606 4.285,008Zulu
Zenzeleni 41607 5.155,720Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 41602 7,463.2121,209Zulu

Politics

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]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 6,76963.2987,00065.10311
Democratic Alliance 1,23511.5501,37812.8222
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,07510.0501,21111.2622
Freedom Front Plus 5675.3006155.7211
Independent candidates 7677.1700
3 other parties2832.6505495.1100
Total10,696100.00810,753100.00816
Valid votes10,69697.0210,75396.73
Invalid/blank votes3282.983643.27
Total votes11,024100.0011,117100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,05045.8424,05046.22

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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. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Phumelela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

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