Mafube Local Municipality
| Mafube | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
| ||
.svg.png) Location in the Free State | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Free State | |
| District | Fezile Dabi | |
| Seat | Frankfort | |
| Wards | 9 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Madala Lewis Ntombela | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 57,876 | |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 91.9% | |
| • Coloured | 0.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 7.0% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Sotho | 64.4% | |
| • Zulu | 20.9% | |
| • Afrikaans | 8.3% | |
| • Xhosa | 1.7% | |
| • Other | 4.7% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | FS205 | |
Mafube Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "dawning of the new day".[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelia | 42001 | 1.95 | 1,502 | Sotho |
| Frankfort | 42002 | 32.64 | 1,900 | Afrikaans |
| Mafahlaneng | 42003 | 145.68 | 5,367 | Sotho |
| Namahadi | 42005 | 4.28 | 19,413 | Sotho |
| Ntshwanatsatsi | 42006 | 0.36 | 1,867 | Sotho |
| Qalabotjha | 42007 | 1.95 | 17,244 | Sotho |
| Villiers | 42008 | 24.27 | 984 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 42004 | 4,371.52 | 9,363 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 twelve seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 11,995 | 12,294 | 24,289 | 72.3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,582 | 2,439 | 5,021 | 15.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Congress of the People | 1,647 | 1,589 | 3,236 | 9.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 305 | 317 | 622 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 176 | 93 | 269 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 68 | 68 | 136 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,773 | 16,800 | 33,573 | 100.0 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Spoilt votes | 281 | 261 | 542 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "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
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mafube" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mafube" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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Coordinates: 27°17′S 28°31′E / 27.283°S 28.517°E