Naledi Local Municipality, Free State

Naledi Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Free State province in South Africa. On 3 August 2016 it was disestablished and merged into the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality.[4] The name Naledi is a Sesotho word meaning "a star".[5] The principal towns in the area of the disestablished municipality are Dewetsdorp and Wepener.

Naledi
Disestablshed local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictXhariep
SeatDewetsdorp
Wards4
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJohnny Makitle
Area
 • Total3,424 km2 (1,322 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total24,314
 • Density7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African92.4%
 • Coloured1.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White4.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho83.7%
 • Afrikaans7.7%
 • Xhosa3.4%
 • English2.3%
 • Other2.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS164

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)Population
Dewetsdorp404013.31930
Morojaneng404022.007,107
Qibing404042.037,538
Thapelang404050.39847
Van Stadensrus404062.07495
Wepener404073.471,663
Remainder of the municipality404033,410.558,895

Politics

The municipal council consisted of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 5,1235,20110,32475.4426
Democratic Alliance 1,1361,0882,22416.2011
Congress of the People 3293166454.7011
African People's Convention 2001963962.9000
United Residents Front 61431040.8000
Total 6,8496,84413,693100.0448
Spoilt votes 138142280
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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. "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. "IN PICTURES: #MunicipalElections - what new municipal boundaries look like". eNCA. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  5. South African Languages - Place names
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Naledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Naledi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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