Mohokare Local Municipality
Mohokare Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word for Caledon River, which runs through the municipality.[4]
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Xhariep |
| Seat | Zastron |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Nokufa Irene Mehlomakulu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,776 km2 (3,388 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 34,146 |
| • Density | 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 90.8% |
| • Coloured | 2.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 6.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 64.1% |
| • Xhosa | 23.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 8.9% |
| • English | 1.1% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS163 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matlakeng | 40301 | 1.39 | 9,368 |
| Mofulatshepe | 40302 | 1.34 | 4,037 |
| Role-le-ya-Thunya | 40304 | 1.00 | 5,006 |
| Rouxville | 40305 | 19.02 | 1,146 |
| Smithfield | 40306 | 31.22 | 500 |
| Zastron | 40307 | 21.29 | 1,125 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 40303 | 8,703.43 | 15,131 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 6,481 | 6,632 | 13,113 | 65.3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,642 | 1,667 | 3,309 | 16.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,636 | 1,530 | 3,166 | 15.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 0 | 204 | 204 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 151 | – | 151 | 0.7 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 122 | – | 122 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Residents Front | 24 | – | 24 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10,056 | 10,033 | 20,089 | 100.0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Spoilt votes | 199 | 194 | 393 | |||||
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.
- South African Languages - Place names
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mohokare" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Mohokare" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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