Setsoto Local Municipality

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Setsoto
Local municipality
Official seal of Setsoto
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
SeatFicksburg
Wards18
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSeipati Mbiwe
Area
 • Total5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total112,597
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African92.3%
 • Coloured0.7%
 • Indian/Asian1.9%
 • White4.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Sotho87.2%
 • Afrikaans7.1%
 • English2.9%
 • Sign language1.2%
 • Other1.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS191

Setsoto Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". Setsoto is headed by Ficksburg, followed by Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. It is the getaway municipality to the Kingdom of Lesotho through Ficksburg. Setsoto is rich in agriculture as well as producing cherries.

The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Seipati Mbiwe.[3]

Main places[]

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Clocolan [2] 15.76 1,349 Afrikaans
Ficksburg [3] 50.35 5,400 Afrikaans
Hlohlolwane [4] 3.21 16,253 Sotho
Marquard [5] 7.30 1,033 Afrikaans
Matwabeng [6] 3.65 22,076 Sotho
Meqheleng [7] 4.13 35,848 Sotho
Moemaneng [8] 1.86 14,469 Sotho
Senekal [9] 32.88 3,466 Sotho
/Willem Pretorius Game Reserve [10] 130.11 185 Sotho
Remainder of the municipality [11] 5,712.13 12,519 Sotho

Politics[]

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 18,835 19,090 37,925 61.4 16 5 21
Democratic Alliance 5,076 4,935 10,011 16.2 1 4 5
EFF 2,693 2,629 5,322 8.6 0 3 3
United Front of Civics 1,398 3,259 4,657 7.5 0 3 3
Independent 1,532 – 1,532 2.5 0 – 0
Freedom Front Plus 534 461 995 1.6 0 1 1
COPE 532 – 532 0.9 0 0 0
Dikwankwetla Party 205 177 382 0.6 0 0 0
African People's Convention 83 269 352 0.6 0 0 0
IFP 0 63 63 0.1 0 0 0
Total 30,888 30,883 61,771 100.0 17 16 33
Spoilt votes 806 819 1,625

References[]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Setsoto" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Setsoto" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links[]

Coordinates: 28°52′25″S 27°52′41″E / 28.87361°S 27.87806°E / -28.87361; 27.87806

Retrieved from ""