Tswelopele Local Municipality

Tswelopele Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "progress".[4]

Tswelopele
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictLejweleputswa
SeatBultfontein
Wards8
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRosy Phukuntse
Area
 • Total6,524 km2 (2,519 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total47,625
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African91.2%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White6.9%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho54.0%
 • Xhosa19.9%
 • Tswana12.0%
 • Afrikaans8.3%
 • Other5.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS183

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bultfontein4090142.751,034Afrikaans
Hoopstad4090228.34662Afrikaans
Phahameng409033.3720,063Sotho
Tikwana409041.7311,032Sotho
Remainder of the municipality409056,447.2020,913Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 eleven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 11,23111,23722,46872.78311
Democratic Alliance 2,5212,4734,99416.2033
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,2171,1832,4007.8011
Freedom Front Plus 2662805461.8000
Congress of the People 1031402430.8000
African People's Convention 1251142390.8000
Total 15,46315,42730,890100.08715
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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: Tswelopele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Tswelopele" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

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