Setsoto Local Municipality

Setsoto Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". Setsoto is headed by Ficksburg, followed by Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. It is the getaway municipality to the Kingdom of Lesotho through Ficksburg. Setsoto is rich in agriculture as well as producing cherries.

Setsoto
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Seat	Ficksburg
Wards	18
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Nthateng Maoke
Area
• Total	5,966 km^2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	112,597
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	92.3%
• Coloured	1.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	5.7%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	87.2%
• Afrikaans	7.1%
• English	2.9%
• Sign language	1.2%
• Other	1.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	FS191

The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Nthateng Maoke.[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Clocolan	41201	16.71	1,366	Sotho
Ficksburg	41202	21.63	41,500	Sotho
Hlohlolwane	41203	2.25	15,275	Sotho
Mafeleng	41204	0.23	1,255	Sotho
Marquard	41205	1.56	1,024	English
Matwabeng	41206	3.65	19,218	Sotho
Meqheleng	41207	4.13	25,900	Sotho
Moemaneng	41208	1.86	12,067	Sotho
Senekal	41209	33.40	3,333	Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	41210	5,880.95	35,434	Sotho

Politics

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

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	18,835	19,090	37,925	61.4	16	5	21
	Democratic Alliance	5,076	4,935	10,011	16.2	1	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,693	2,629	5,322	8.6	0	3	3
	United Front of Civics	1,398	3,259	4,657	7.5	0	3	3
	Independent	1,532	–	1,532	2.5	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	534	461	995	1.6	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	532	–	532	0.9	0	0	0
	Dikwankwetla Party	205	177	382	0.6	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	83	269	352	0.6	0	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	0	63	63	0.1	0	0	0
Total		30,888	30,883	61,771	100.0	17	16	33
Spoilt votes		806	819	1,625

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: Setsoto" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Setsoto" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links

• http://www.setsoto.info/