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Metsimaholo Local Municipality

Coordinates: 26°49′00″S 27°49′00″E / 26.8167°S 27.8167°E / -26.8167; 27.8167
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Metsimaholo
Official seal of Metsimaholo
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictFezile Dabi
SeatSasolburg
Wards23
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJack Malindi (AIC)
Area
 • Total1,717 km2 (663 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total149,108
 • Density87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African82.3%
 • Coloured0.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White16.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho59.9%
 • Afrikaans16.7%
 • Xhosa7.6%
 • Zulu6.0%
 • Other9.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS204

Metsimaholo Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Metsimaholo; Afrikaans: Metsimaholo Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Metsimaholo means "big water" in Sesotho.[4]

Main places

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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

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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. However, that coalition collapsed and Jeff Zwane of the Democratic Alliance was subsequently elected mayor.[6] In 2023, Zwane was voted out of office in a motion of no confidence, and Jack Malindi of the African Independent Congress (AIC) was subsequently elected mayor.[7]

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[8]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress12,61234.231512,86034.71116
Democratic Alliance9,61226.0969,74426.30612
Economic Freedom Fighters9,16024.8629,52125.691012
Freedom Front Plus1,8264.9601,8424.9733
Independent candidates1,1783.2000
African Independent Congress5881.6005261.4211
Metsimaholo Community Association4181.1304921.3311
African Transformation Movement3871.0504591.2411
11 other parties1,0652.8901,6104.3500
Total36,846100.002337,054100.002346
Valid votes36,84698.3337,05498.66
Invalid/blank votes6251.675021.34
Total votes37,471100.0037,556100.00
Registered voters/turnout81,37946.0581,37946.15

References

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  1. ^ "Council – Metsimaholo". Metsimaholo – Local Municipality. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  2. ^ a b "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[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Lekabe, Thapelo (2021-12-03). "DA's Jeff Zwane elected new mayor of Metsimaholo after resignation of EFF mayor". The Citizen. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  7. ^ Mofokeng, Tumelo (2023-08-17). "AIC councillor takes maspala top JOB!". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  8. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Metsimaholo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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