Moqhaka is a municipality in the Fezile Dabi District, Free State Province, South Africa.[3] In 2001 the population was 267 881 with a total area of 7925 km ². The seat of local government is Kroonstad.[4] The community name is the South-Sotho-word for "crown".[5]
Moqhaka | |
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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 | Kroonstad |
Wards | 25 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Cllr. M. Mokgosi |
• Municipal Manager | Mr. S.M Mqwathi |
Area | |
• Total | 7,925 km2 (3,060 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 160,532 |
• Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 87.2% |
• Coloured | 2.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 9.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 74.6% |
• Afrikaans | 13.6% |
• Xhosa | 3.9% |
• English | 2.5% |
• Other | 5.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | FS201 |
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Kroonstad | 41701 | 232.04 | 23,992 | Afrikaans |
Maokeng | 41702 | 12.62 | 67,929 | Sotho |
Matlwangtlwang | 41703 | 1.59 | 6,441 | Sotho |
Rammulutsi | 41705 | 4.03 | 24,578 | Sotho |
Steynsrus | 41706 | 1.66 | 1,192 | Afrikaans |
Vaal Reefs Mine | 41707 | 12.04 | 5,050 | Sotho |
Vierfontein | 41708 | 2.84 | 832 | Afrikaans |
Viljoenskroon | 41709 | 13.73 | 2,514 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 41704 | 7,619.38 | 35,362 | Sotho |
The municipal council consists of forty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-two wards, while the remaining twenty-two are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-two seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 15,703 | 49.93 | 19 | 15,477 | 49.17 | 3 | 22 | |
Democratic Alliance | 6,669 | 21.21 | 3 | 6,669 | 21.19 | 7 | 10 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 3,553 | 11.30 | 0 | 3,705 | 11.77 | 5 | 5 | |
Moqhaka Community Forum | 1,797 | 5.71 | 0 | 2,231 | 7.09 | 3 | 3 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,863 | 5.92 | 0 | 1,957 | 6.22 | 3 | 3 | |
Power of Africans Unity | 502 | 1.60 | 0 | 481 | 1.53 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 629 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Congress of the People | 297 | 0.94 | 0 | 310 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 148 | 0.47 | 0 | 277 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent South African National Civic Organisation | 95 | 0.30 | 0 | 109 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | |
African Transformation Movement | 83 | 0.26 | 0 | 109 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | |
Inkatha Freedom Party | 12 | 0.04 | 0 | 113 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | |
Azanian People's Organisation | 90 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forum for Service Delivery | 9 | 0.03 | 0 | 41 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 31,450 | 100.00 | 22 | 31,479 | 100.00 | 22 | 44 | |
Valid votes | 31,450 | 97.96 | 31,479 | 98.05 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 654 | 2.04 | 625 | 1.95 | ||||
Total votes | 32,104 | 100.00 | 32,104 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 76,378 | 42.03 | 76,378 | 42.03 |
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