Setsoto Local Municipality

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Setsoto
Local municipality
Setsoto CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Free State with Setsoto highlighted.svg
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Thabo Mofutsanyane
Seat Ficksburg
Wards 18
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorSeipati Mbiwe
Area
 • Total5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total112,597
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 92.3%
 •  Coloured 0.7%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.9%
 •  White 4.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Sotho 87.2%
 •  Afrikaans 7.1%
 •  English 2.9%
 •  Sign language 1.2%
 • Other1.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS191

Setsoto Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Setsoto) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Setsoto is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". The seat is Ficksburg. Other towns include Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. The municipality is rich in agriculture and is known for producing cherries.

Contents

The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Seipati Mbiwe. [3]

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Clocolan 15.761,349 Afrikaans
Ficksburg 50.355,400Afrikaans
Hlohlolwane 3.2116,253 Sotho
Marquard 7.301,033Afrikaans
Matwabeng 3.6522,076Sotho
Meqheleng 4.1335,848Sotho
Moemaneng 1.8614,469Sotho
Senekal 32.883,466Sotho
Setsoto/Willem Pretorius Game Reserve 130.11185Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 5,712.1312,519Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 majority of seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 12,40550.771412,40951.14317
Setsoto Service Delivery Forum 5,59722.9135,54222.8458
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,1748.9002,2639.3333
Democratic Alliance 1,6876.9001,7017.0122
Freedom Front Plus 1,2535.1301,1064.5622
African Transformation Movement 3201.3103041.2511
Independent candidates 4081.6700
5 other parties5882.4109383.8700
Total24,432100.001724,263100.001633
Valid votes24,43297.8824,26397.36
Invalid/blank votes5292.126582.64
Total votes24,961100.0024,921100.00
Registered voters/turnout55,71844.8055,71844.73

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The Setsoto Local Municipality council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 seventeen seats on the council.

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 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ "Census 2011: Local Municipality: Setsoto".
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Setsoto". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

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