Tokologo Local Municipality

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Tokologo
Local municipality
Tokologo CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Free State with Tokologo highlighted.svg
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Lejweleputswa
Seat Boshof
Wards 4
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorBoikie David Obotseng
Area
 • Total9,326 km2 (3,601 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total28,986
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 84.5%
 •  Coloured 4.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.7%
 •  White 9.9%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Tswana 57.3%
 •  Afrikaans 18.7%
 •  Xhosa 10.9%
 •  Sotho 8.5%
 • Other4.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS182

Tokologo Municipality (Tswana : Mmasepala wa Tokologo; Afrikaans : Tokologo Munisipaliteit; Sotho : Masepala wa Tokologo) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Tokologo is a Setswana word meaning "freedom". [3]

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Boshof 40801 91.933,843 Tswana
Dealesville 40802 0.93361 Afrikaans
Hertzogville 40803 1.46438Afrikaans
Malebogo 40804 1.336,409Tswana
Seretse 40805 0.714,465Tswana
Tswaraganang 40807 0.543,270Tswana
Remainder of the municipality 40806 9,228.7613,663Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the elections of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of 8 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election. [5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 4,01953.9264,44359.7728
Democratic Alliance 1,20816.2111,38818.6712
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,04013.9501,16715.7022
Independent candidates 87511.7400
Freedom Front Plus 2643.5403504.7111
African Transformation Movement 480.640861.1600
Total7,454100.0077,434100.00613
Valid votes7,45497.767,43497.50
Invalid/blank votes1712.241912.50
Total votes7,625100.007,625100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,61456.0113,61456.01

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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 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Tokologo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

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