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Metsimaholo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Metsimaholo" means "big water" in Sesotho.[4]
Metsimaholo | |
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Local municipality | |
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 Location in the Free State | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Fezile Dabi |
| Seat | Sasolburg |
| Wards | 21 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Lindiwe Tshongwe (SACP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,717 km2 (663 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 149,108 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 82.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 16.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 59.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 16.7% |
| • Xhosa | 7.6% |
| • Zulu | 6.0% |
| • Other | 9.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS204 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertha Village | 41901 | 0.58 | 666 | Sotho |
| Coalbrook | 41902 | 0.69 | 30 | Xhosa |
| Deneysville | 41903 | 6.50 | 1,124 | Afrikaans |
| Holly Country | 41904 | 0.93 | 614 | Afrikaans |
| Metsimaholo | 41914 | 0.79 | 3,193 | Sotho |
| Oranjeville | 41906 | 7.73 | 297 | Afrikaans |
| Refengkgotso | 41907 | 5.65 | 13,792 | Sotho |
| Richmond Valley | 41908 | 0.37 | 209 | Afrikaans |
| Sasolburg | 41909 | 49.82 | 24,568 | Afrikaans |
| Taaibos | 41910 | 1.50 | 1,301 | Afrikaans |
| Vaal Power | 41911 | 0.65 | 798 | Sotho |
| Viljoensdrift | 41912 | 2.49 | 589 | Sotho |
| Zamdela | 41913 | 10.21 | 57,070 | Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | 41905 | 1,651.37 | 11,723 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-three 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 1 November 2021, no party won a majority on the council. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) formed a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC). The EFF's Selloane Motjeane was elected mayor, while Lucas Fisher of the ANC was elected Speaker and Fikile Msokweni of the ANC the Council Whip.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 12,612 | 34.23 | 15 | 12,860 | 34.71 | 1 | 16 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 9,612 | 26.09 | 6 | 9,744 | 26.30 | 6 | 12 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 9,160 | 24.86 | 2 | 9,521 | 25.69 | 10 | 12 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,826 | 4.96 | 0 | 1,842 | 4.97 | 3 | 3 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,178 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| African Independent Congress | 588 | 1.60 | 0 | 526 | 1.42 | 1 | 1 | |
| Metsimaholo Community Association | 418 | 1.13 | 0 | 492 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 387 | 1.05 | 0 | 459 | 1.24 | 1 | 1 | |
| Agency for New Agenda | 132 | 0.36 | 0 | 346 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | |
| Batho Ba Qetile | 189 | 0.51 | 0 | 180 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 169 | 0.46 | 0 | 183 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 166 | 0.45 | 0 | 163 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 90 | 0.24 | 0 | 206 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forum for Service Delivery | 109 | 0.30 | 0 | 155 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Metsimaholo Progressive People Forum | 91 | 0.25 | 0 | 166 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Africa Restoration Alliance | 52 | 0.14 | 0 | 44 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Independent Movement | 30 | 0.08 | 0 | 61 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 13 | 0.04 | 0 | 66 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Disability and Older Person Political Party | 24 | 0.07 | 0 | 40 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 36,846 | 100.00 | 23 | 37,054 | 100.00 | 23 | 46 | |
| Valid votes | 36,846 | 98.33 | 37,054 | 98.66 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 625 | 1.67 | 502 | 1.34 | ||||
| Total votes | 37,471 | 100.00 | 37,556 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 81,379 | 46.05 | 81,379 | 46.15 | ||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- South African Languages - Place names
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Metsimaholo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
External links
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На других языках
- [en] Metsimaholo Local Municipality
[ru] Метсимахоло (местный муниципалитет)
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