Ngwathe
Local municipality
Official seal of Ngwathe
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictFezile Dabi
SeatParys
Wards20
Government
[2]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorVictoria de Beer[1]
Area
 • Total7,055 km2 (2,724 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total120,520
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[3]
 • Black African86.5%
 • Coloured2.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White10.3%
First languages (2011)
[4]
 • Sotho68.6%
 • Afrikaans13.4%
 • Xhosa8.5%
 • Zulu3.4%
 • Other6.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS203

Ngwathe Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Ngwathe; Afrikaans: Ngwathe Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Ngwathe is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Edenville 41801 9.25 896 Sotho
Heilbron 41802 26.47 9,652 Sotho
Koppies 41803 114.90 967 Afrikaans
Kwakwatsi 41804 1.81 7,830 Sotho
Mokwallo 41805 1.87 8,637 Sotho
Ngwathe 41811 0.88 5,294 Sotho
Parys 41807 17.28 10,716 Afrikaans
Phiritona 41808 3.10 15,874 Sotho
Tumahole 41809 23.21 33,084 Sotho
Vredefort 41810 19.77 3,053 Sotho
Remainder of the municipality 41806 6,860.55 22,811 Sotho

Politics

Main article: Ngwathe Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of twenty-one seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress15,91355.511816,02055.80321
Democratic Alliance5,48919.1515,53219.2767
Economic Freedom Fighters3,76413.1303,91313.6355
Freedom Front Plus1,8296.3801,8326.3833
Ngwathe Residents Association7512.6207382.5711
Independent candidates4121.4400
7 other parties5071.7706762.3500
Total28,665100.001928,711100.001837
Valid votes28,66598.2728,71198.20
Invalid/blank votes5061.735261.80
Total votes29,171100.0029,237100.00
Registered voters/turnout63,78345.7363,78345.84

References

  1. ^ "Ngwathe se nuwe burgemeester ingehuldig". Parys Gazette. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  6. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ngwathe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

External links

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