Naledi Local Municipality, Free State
Naledi Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Free State province in South Africa. On 3 August 2016 it was disestablished and merged into the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality.[4] The name Naledi is a Sesotho word meaning "a star".[5] The principal towns in the area of the disestablished municipality are Dewetsdorp and Wepener.
Naledi | |
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Disestablshed local municipality | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Xhariep |
| Seat | Dewetsdorp |
| Wards | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Johnny Makitle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,424 km2 (1,322 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 24,314 |
| • Density | 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 92.4% |
| • Coloured | 1.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 4.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 83.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 7.7% |
| • Xhosa | 3.4% |
| • English | 2.3% |
| • Other | 2.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS164 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewetsdorp | 40401 | 3.31 | 930 |
| Morojaneng | 40402 | 2.00 | 7,107 |
| Qibing | 40404 | 2.03 | 7,538 |
| Thapelang | 40405 | 0.39 | 847 |
| Van Stadensrus | 40406 | 2.07 | 495 |
| Wepener | 40407 | 3.47 | 1,663 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 40403 | 3,410.55 | 8,895 |
Politics
The municipal council consisted of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 5,123 | 5,201 | 10,324 | 75.4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,136 | 1,088 | 2,224 | 16.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 329 | 316 | 645 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| African People's Convention | 200 | 196 | 396 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Residents Front | 61 | 43 | 104 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6,849 | 6,844 | 13,693 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Spoilt votes | 138 | 142 | 280 | |||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "IN PICTURES: #MunicipalElections - what new municipal boundaries look like". eNCA. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- South African Languages - Place names
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Naledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Naledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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