Setsoto Local Municipality
Setsoto | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in theFree State | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Seat | Ficksburg |
| Wards | 18 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Seipati Mbiwe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,966 km2(2,303 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 112,597 |
| • Density | 19/km2(49/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup(2011) | |
| •Black African | 92.3% |
| •Coloured | 0.7% |
| •Indian/Asian | 1.9% |
| •White | 4.7% |
| First languages(2011) | |
| •Sotho | 87.2% |
| •Afrikaans | 7.1% |
| •English | 2.9% |
| •Sign language | 1.2% |
| •Other | 1.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2(SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS191 |
Setsoto Municipality(Sotho:Masepala wa Setsoto) is alocal municipalitywithin theThabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality,in theFree Stateprovince ofSouth Africa.Setsotois aSesothoword meaning "beauty". The seat isFicksburg.Other towns includeSenekal,ClocolanandMarquard.The municipality is rich in agriculture and is known for producing cherries.
The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Seipati Mbiwe.[3]
Main places
[edit]The2011 censusdivided the municipality into the followingmain places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clocolan | [1] | 15.76 | 1,349 | Afrikaans |
| Ficksburg | [2] | 50.35 | 5,400 | Afrikaans |
| Hlohlolwane | [3] | 3.21 | 16,253 | Sotho |
| Marquard | [4] | 7.30 | 1,033 | Afrikaans |
| Matwabeng | [5] | 3.65 | 22,076 | Sotho |
| Meqheleng | [6] | 4.13 | 35,848 | Sotho |
| Moemaneng | [7] | 1.86 | 14,469 | Sotho |
| Senekal | [8] | 32.88 | 3,466 | Sotho |
| Setsoto/Willem Pretorius Game Reserve | [9] | 130.11 | 185 | Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | [10] | 5,712.13 | 12,519 | Sotho |
Politics
[edit]The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected bymixed-member proportional representation.Seventeen councillors are elected byfirst-past-the-post votingin seventeenwards,while the remaining sixteen are chosen fromparty listsso that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In theelection of 1 November 2021theAfrican National Congress(ANC) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 12,405 | 50.77 | 14 | 12,409 | 51.14 | 3 | 17 | |
| Setsoto Service Delivery Forum | 5,597 | 22.91 | 3 | 5,542 | 22.84 | 5 | 8 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,174 | 8.90 | 0 | 2,263 | 9.33 | 3 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,687 | 6.90 | 0 | 1,701 | 7.01 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,253 | 5.13 | 0 | 1,106 | 4.56 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 320 | 1.31 | 0 | 304 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 408 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 other parties | 588 | 2.41 | 0 | 938 | 3.87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 24,432 | 100.00 | 17 | 24,263 | 100.00 | 16 | 33 | |
| Valid votes | 24,432 | 97.88 | 24,263 | 97.36 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 529 | 2.12 | 658 | 2.64 | ||||
| Total votes | 24,961 | 100.00 | 24,921 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 55,718 | 44.80 | 55,718 | 44.73 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^"Contact list: Executive Mayors".Government Communication & Information System. Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2010.Retrieved22 February2012.
- ^abc"Statistics by place".Statistics South Africa.Retrieved27 September2015.
- ^South African Languages - Place names
- ^"Census 2011: Local Municipality: Setsoto".
- ^"Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Setsoto".wikitable.frith.dev.Retrieved2023-10-28.
