Ngwathe Local Municipality
Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Ngwathe" is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.[4]
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Fezile Dabi |
| Seat | Parys |
| Wards | 20 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Moeketsi Mofhodi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,055 km2 (2,724 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 120,520 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 86.5% |
| • Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 10.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 68.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 13.4% |
| • Xhosa | 8.5% |
| • Zulu | 3.4% |
| • Other | 6.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS203 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenville | 41801 | 9.25 | 896 | Sotho |
| Heilbron | 41802 | 26.47 | 9,652 | Sotho |
| Koppies | 41803 | 114.90 | 967 | Afrikaans |
| Kwakwatsi | 41804 | 1.81 | 7,830 | Sotho |
| Mokwallo | 41805 | 1.87 | 8,637 | Sotho |
| Ngwathe | 41811 | 0.88 | 5,294 | Sotho |
| Parys | 41807 | 17.28 | 10,716 | Afrikaans |
| Phiritona | 41808 | 3.10 | 15,874 | Sotho |
| Tumahole | 41809 | 23.21 | 33,084 | Sotho |
| Vredefort | 41810 | 19.77 | 3,053 | Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | 41806 | 6,860.55 | 22,811 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-four 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 | 25,714 | 25,555 | 51,269 | 65.2 | 17 | 7 | 24 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 8,988 | 8,732 | 17,720 | 22.6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,635 | 3,248 | 5,883 | 7.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,260 | 1,192 | 2,452 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 409 | 451 | 860 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 132 | 144 | 276 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 129 | – | 129 | 0.2 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 39,267 | 39,322 | 78,589 | 100.0 | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| Spoilt votes | 577 | 567 | 1,144 | |||||
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: Ngwathe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Ngwathe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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