Mohokare Local Municipality
| Mohokare | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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| Location in the Free State Location in the Free State |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Free State | |
| District | Xhariep | |
| Seat | Zastron | |
| Wards | 6 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Motshewa Julia Sehanka | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8,776 km2 (3,388 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 34,146 | |
| • Density | 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 90.8% | |
| • Coloured | 2.3% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 6.5% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Sotho | 64.1% | |
| • Xhosa | 23.5% | |
| • Afrikaans | 8.9% | |
| • English | 1.1% | |
| • Other | 2.4% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | FS163 | |
Mohokare Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word for Caledon River, which runs through the municipality.[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population |
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| Matlakeng | 40301 | 1.39 | 9,368 |
| Mofulatshepe | 40302 | 1.34 | 4,037 |
| Role-le-ya-Thunya | 40304 | 1.00 | 5,006 |
| Rouxville | 40305 | 19.02 | 1,146 |
| Smithfield | 40306 | 31.22 | 500 |
| Zastron | 40307 | 21.29 | 1,125 |
| Remainder of the municipality | 40303 | 8,703.43 | 15,131 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 8,016 | 8,110 | 16,126 | 80.7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,322 | 1,293 | 2,615 | 13.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Congress of the People | 305 | 285 | 590 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 171 | 156 | 327 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 121 | 129 | 250 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Residents Front | 37 | 15 | 52 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 19 | – | 19 | 0.1 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 9,991 | 9,988 | 19,979 | 100.0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Spoilt votes | 175 | 135 | 310 | |||||
References
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