Nketoana Local Municipality

Nketoana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa.

Nketoana
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Seat	Reitz
Wards	9
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mamiki Mokoena
Area
• Total	5,611 km^2 (2,166 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	60,324
• Density	11/km^2 (28/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	91.4%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	7.8%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	75.9%
• Zulu	10.7%
• Afrikaans	8.7%
• Sign language	1.7%
• Other	3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	FS193

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Arlington	41401	5.51	222	Sotho
Cremona	41402	0.46	2,021	Sotho
Leratswana	41403	0.82	3,429	Sotho
Lindley	41404	21.07	1,621	Sotho
Mamafubedu	41405	1.38	8,121	Sotho
Ntha	41407	2.16	8,500	Sotho
Petrus Steyn	41408	9.74	1,163	Afrikaans
Petsana	41409	2.76	13,670	Sotho
Reitz	41410	6.51	1,781	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	41406	5,560.92	21,423	Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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.[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	10,869	11,750	22,619	70.3	8	5	13
	Democratic Alliance	2,248	2,342	4,590	14.3	1	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	918	1,093	2,011	6.2	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	570	587	1,157	3.6	0	1	1
	Independent	1,119	–	1,119	3.5	0	–	0
	African People's Convention	272	368	640	2.0	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	59	–	59	0.2	0	0	0
Total		16,055	16,140	32,195	100.0	9	9	18
Spoilt votes		369	386	755

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nketoana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Nketoana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20130115051832/http://www.nketoana.gov.za/