Ngwathe Local Municipality

Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Ngwathe" is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.[4]

Ngwathe
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictFezile Dabi
SeatParys
Wards20
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMoeketsi Mofhodi
Area
 • Total7,055 km2 (2,724 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total120,520
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African86.5%
 • Coloured2.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White10.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho68.6%
 • Afrikaans13.4%
 • Xhosa8.5%
 • Zulu3.4%
 • Other6.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS203

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Edenville418019.25896Sotho
Heilbron4180226.479,652Sotho
Koppies41803114.90967Afrikaans
Kwakwatsi418041.817,830Sotho
Mokwallo418051.878,637Sotho
Ngwathe418110.885,294Sotho
Parys4180717.2810,716Afrikaans
Phiritona418083.1015,874Sotho
Tumahole4180923.2133,084Sotho
Vredefort4181019.773,053Sotho
Remainder of the municipality418066,860.5522,811Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 25,71425,55551,26965.217724
Democratic Alliance 8,9888,73217,72022.6178
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,6353,2485,8837.5033
Freedom Front Plus 1,2601,1922,4523.1011
Congress of the People 4094518601.1000
African Christian Democratic Party 1321442760.3000
Independent 129–1290.20–0
Total 39,26739,32278,589100.0181836
Spoilt votes 5775671,144
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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: Ngwathe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Ngwathe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

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