Tokologo | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Lejweleputswa |
Seat | Boshof |
Wards | 4 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Boikie David Obotseng |
Area | |
• Total | 9,326 km2 (3,601 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 28,986 |
• Density | 3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 84.5% |
• Coloured | 4.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 9.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 57.3% |
• Afrikaans | 18.7% |
• Xhosa | 10.9% |
• Sotho | 8.5% |
• Other | 4.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | FS182 |
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]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Boshof | 40801 | 91.93 | 3,843 | Tswana |
Dealesville | 40802 | 0.93 | 361 | Afrikaans |
Hertzogville | 40803 | 1.46 | 438 | Afrikaans |
Malebogo | 40804 | 1.33 | 6,409 | Tswana |
Seretse | 40805 | 0.71 | 4,465 | Tswana |
Tswaraganang | 40807 | 0.54 | 3,270 | Tswana |
Remainder of the municipality | 40806 | 9,228.76 | 13,663 | Tswana |
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]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 4,019 | 53.92 | 6 | 4,443 | 59.77 | 2 | 8 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,208 | 16.21 | 1 | 1,388 | 18.67 | 1 | 2 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,040 | 13.95 | 0 | 1,167 | 15.70 | 2 | 2 | |
Independent candidates | 875 | 11.74 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Freedom Front Plus | 264 | 3.54 | 0 | 350 | 4.71 | 1 | 1 | |
African Transformation Movement | 48 | 0.64 | 0 | 86 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 7,454 | 100.00 | 7 | 7,434 | 100.00 | 6 | 13 | |
Valid votes | 7,454 | 97.76 | 7,434 | 97.50 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 171 | 2.24 | 191 | 2.50 | ||||
Total votes | 7,625 | 100.00 | 7,625 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 13,614 | 56.01 | 13,614 | 56.01 |
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