Mafube Local Municipality

Mafube
Local municipality

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Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Fezile Dabi
Seat Frankfort
Wards 9
Government[1]
  Type Municipal council
  Mayor Madala Lewis Ntombela
Area
  Total 3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
  Total 57,876
  Density 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
  Black African 91.9%
  Coloured 0.6%
  Indian/Asian 0.3%
  White 7.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
  Sotho 64.4%
  Zulu 20.9%
  Afrikaans 8.3%
  Xhosa 1.7%
  Other 4.7%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code FS205

Mafube Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "dawning of the new day".[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Cornelia 420011.951,502Sotho
Frankfort 4200232.641,900Afrikaans
Mafahlaneng 42003145.685,367Sotho
Namahadi 420054.2819,413Sotho
Ntshwanatsatsi 420060.361,867Sotho
Qalabotjha 420071.9517,244Sotho
Villiers 4200824.27984Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 420044,371.529,363Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twelve seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 11,995 12,294 24,289 72.3 8 4 12
Democratic Alliance 2,582 2,439 5,021 15.0 1 2 3
Congress of the People 1,647 1,589 3,236 9.6 0 2 2
Freedom Front Plus 305 317 622 1.9 0 0 0
Pan Africanist Congress 176 93 269 0.8 0 0 0
African Christian Democratic Party 68 68 136 0.4 0 0 0
Total 16,773 16,800 33,573 100.0 9 8 17
Spoilt votes 281 261 542

References

  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mafube" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mafube" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

Coordinates: 27°17′S 28°31′E / 27.283°S 28.517°E / -27.283; 28.517

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