Masilonyana Local Municipality

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Masilonyana
Local municipality

Seal
Location in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Lejweleputswa
Seat Theunissen
Wards 10
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Kunatu Steve Koalane
Area
 • Total 6,796 km2 (2,624 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 63,334
 • Density 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 91.6%
 • Coloured 1.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.3%
 • White 6.7%
First languages (2011)[2]
 • Sotho 66.9%
 • Xhosa 10.8%
 • Afrikaans 9.6%
 • Tswana 6.9%
 • Other 5.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code FS181

Masilonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Setswana word meaning "freedom".[3]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Beatrix Mine 407010.172,492Sotho
Boipatong 407020.311,501Sotho
Brandfort 407033.201,516Afrikaans
Fora 407040.05530Sotho
Ikgomotseng 407051.072,254Tswana
Joel Mine 407060.11728Sotho
Lusaka 407071.406,110Sotho
Majwemasweu 407082.5010,328Sotho
Makeleketla 407091.356,629Sotho
Masilo 407103.0214,903Sotho
Star Diamond Mine 407120.11212Sotho
Theunissen 4071315.111,667Afrikaans
Tshepong 407140.541,710Sotho
Verkeerdevlei 407151.22151Afrikaans
Winburg 4071670.223,371Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 407116,696.4410,304Sotho

Politics

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

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 13,240 13,356 26,596 78.5 10 6 16
Democratic Alliance – 2,666 2,666 7.9 – 2 2
Freedom Front Plus 1,857 518 2,375 7.0 0 1 1
Congress of the People 412 514 926 2.7 0 1 1
Independent 915 – 915 2.7 0 – 0
Pan Africanist Congress 292 92 384 1.1 0 0 0
Total 16,716 17,146 33,862 100.0 10 10 20
Spoilt votes 658 281 939

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013. 
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Masilonyana". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Masilonyana". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013. 

External links

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