Mafube Local Municipality

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]

Mafube
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictFezile Dabi
SeatFrankfort
Wards9
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMadala Lewis Ntombela
Area
 • Total3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total57,876
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African91.9%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White7.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho64.4%
 • Zulu20.9%
 • Afrikaans8.3%
 • Xhosa1.7%
 • Other4.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS205

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Cornelia420011.951,502Sotho
Frankfort4200232.641,900Afrikaans
Mafahlaneng42003145.685,367Sotho
Namahadi420054.2819,413Sotho
Ntshwanatsatsi420060.361,867Sotho
Qalabotjha420071.9517,244Sotho
Villiers4200824.27984Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality420044,371.529,363Sotho

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 12,19112,18724,37875.68513
Democratic Alliance 2,1612,1724,33313.5112
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,0611,0712,1326.6011
Freedom Front Plus 4514629132.8011
Congress of the People 1692994681.5000
Total 16,03316,19132,224100.09817
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References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  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 26 December 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mafube" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

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