Tswelopele Local Municipality

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Tswelopele
Local municipality
Tswelopele CoA.png
Seal
Map of the Free State with Tswelopele highlighted.svg
Location in the Free State
Coordinates: 28°17′27″S26°09′00″E / 28.29083°S 26.15000°E / -28.29083; 26.15000
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Lejweleputswa
Seat Bultfontein
Wards 8
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorRosy Phukuntse
Area
 • Total6,524 km2 (2,519 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total47,625
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 91.2%
 •  Coloured 1.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.4%
 •  White 6.9%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 •  Sotho 54.0%
 •  Xhosa 19.9%
 •  Tswana 12.0%
 •  Afrikaans 8.3%
 • Other5.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS183

Tswelopele Municipality (Sotho : Masepala wa Tswelopele; Xhosa : uMasipala wase Tswelopele; Tswana : Mmasepala wa Tswelopele) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Tswelopele is a Sesotho word meaning "progress". [4]

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Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bultfontein 40901 42.751,034 Afrikaans
Hoopstad 40902 28.34662Afrikaans
Phahameng 40903 3.3720,063 Sotho
Tikwana 40904 1.7311,032Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 40905 6,447.2020,913Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 ten seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 7,11661.4197,17461.80110
Democratic Alliance 1,82915.7801,81015.5933
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,32211.4101,34411.5822
Tikwana Youth Power 6695.7706685.7511
Freedom Front Plus 4103.5404033.4711
Independent candidates 670.5800
3 other parties1751.5102101.8100
Total11,588100.00911,609100.00817
Valid votes11,58897.2711,60997.34
Invalid/blank votes3252.733172.66
Total votes11,913100.0011,926100.00
Registered voters/turnout25,85646.0725,85646.12

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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 — Tswelopele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
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