Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho name meaning "place of Cheetahs". Legend has it that when the first settlers arrived, they were stunned by the vast plains that were roamed freely by cheetahs.
Mangaung | |
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![]() Location in the Free State | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
Seat | Bloemfontein |
Wards | 50 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Lebohang Masoetsa (acting) (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 6,284 km2 (2,426 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 747,431 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 83.3% |
• Coloured | 5.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 11.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 53.3% |
• Afrikaans | 16.2% |
• Tswana | 12.6% |
• Xhosa | 9.9% |
• Other | 8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MAN |
Before the municipal elections of 18 May 2011 Mangaung was a local municipality under the Motheo District Municipality.[4] In the election, the ANC won 58 out of 100 seats on the Metro Council, while the Democratic Alliance won 26 seats and COPE won 2 seats.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Barolong Baga Moroka | 40501 | 911.66 | 8,556 | Sotho |
Bloemfontein | 40502 | 287.46 | 111,697 | Afrikaans |
Botshabelo | 40503 | 228.79 | 175,822 | Sotho |
Mangaung | 40504 | 46.23 | 217,076 | Sotho |
Morago | 40505 | 221.37 | 3,941 | Tswana |
Opkoms | 40506 | 2.84 | 15,397 | Afrikaans |
Peter Swart | 40507 | 1.97 | 10,002 | Sotho |
Rodenbeck | 40508 | 2.05 | 7,837 | Sotho |
Sonskyn | 40509 | 0.80 | 3,630 | Sotho |
Thaba 'Nchu | 40510 | 216.23 | 67,269 | Sotho |
Remainder of the municipality | 40511 | 4,364.11 | 24,220 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of one hundred members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifty wards, while the remaining fifty 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 135,351 | 135,294 | 270,645 | 56.5 | 38 | 20 | 58 | |
Democratic Alliance | 61,874 | 62,449 | 124,323 | 26.0 | 12 | 15 | 27 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 20,383 | 21,072 | 41,455 | 8.7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
Independent | 11,847 | – | 11,847 | 2.5 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 4,776 | 4,411 | 9,187 | 1.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
African Independent Congress | 1,551 | 6,527 | 8,078 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Agency for New Agenda | 507 | 3,753 | 4,260 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Congress of the People | 1,508 | 1,343 | 2,851 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ACDP | 941 | 925 | 1,866 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 416 | 584 | 1,000 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Christian Democratic Party | 276 | 678 | 954 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Botshabelo Unemployed Movement | 216 | 288 | 504 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dikwankwetla Party | 274 | 224 | 498 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 200 | 272 | 472 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Residents Front | 225 | 211 | 436 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Azanian Alliance Congress | 137 | 299 | 436 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 240,482 | 238,330 | 478,812 | 100.0 | 50 | 50 | 100 | |
Spoilt votes | 4,037 | 5,215 | 9,252 |
Mayors of Manguang
The following people have served as the Executive Mayor of the municipality since its founding in 2000:
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Buffalo City, Mangaung categorised Metros". BuaNews. Government Communication and Information Service. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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- "Free State municipal mafia foiled". Mail & Guardian. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- "Mayors of the largest cities in South Africa". www.citymayors.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- Gaeswe, Refilwe (19 August 2016). "Mlamleli ready to lead Mangaung". OFM. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- Nkuyane, Lucky (14 August 2020). "Mlamleli officially out, interim mayor appointed". OFM. Retrieved 14 August 2020.