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Local municipality in Free State, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohokare Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Mohokare; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Mohokare) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Mohokare is the Sesotho word for the Caledon River, which runs through the municipality.[4]
Mohokare | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Xhariep |
Seat | Zastron |
Wards | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Zingisa Mgauli |
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 |
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
---|---|---|---|---|
Goedemoed | 6.04 | 537 | Afrikaans | |
Matlakeng | 2.97 | 13,714 | Sotho | |
Mofulatshepe | 1.39 | 3,584 | Sotho | |
Roleleathunya | 2.99 | 5,955 | Sotho | |
Rouxville | 17.02 | 1,355 | Sotho | |
Smithfield | 34.11 | 1,195 | Sotho | |
Zastron | 19.73 | 1,893 | Sotho | |
Remainder of the municipality | 8,691/73 | 5,912 | Sotho |
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 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 4,893 | 55.84 | 6 | 5,650 | 65.20 | 2 | 8 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,569 | 17.90 | 0 | 1,704 | 19.66 | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Alliance | 799 | 9.12 | 0 | 818 | 9.44 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 1,074 | 12.26 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Freedom Front Plus | 382 | 4.36 | 0 | 384 | 4.43 | 1 | 1 | |
3 other parties | 46 | 0.52 | 0 | 110 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 8,763 | 100.00 | 7 | 8,666 | 100.00 | 6 | 13 | |
Valid votes | 8,763 | 97.78 | 8,666 | 96.89 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 199 | 2.22 | 278 | 3.11 | ||||
Total votes | 8,962 | 100.00 | 8,944 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 17,838 | 50.24 | 17,838 | 50.14 |
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