Nketoana
Local municipality
Official seal of Nketoana
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
SeatReitz
Wards9
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMamiki Mokoena
Area
 • Total5,611 km2 (2,166 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total60,324
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African91.4%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White7.8%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Sotho75.9%
 • Zulu10.7%
 • Afrikaans8.7%
 • Sign language1.7%
 • Other3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS193

Nketoana Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Nketoana; Zulu: UMasipala wase Nketoana) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Arlington 41401 5.51 222 Sotho
Cremona 41402 0.46 2,021 Sotho
Leratswana 41403 0.82 3,429 Sotho
Lindley 41404 21.07 1,621 Afrikaans
Mamafubedu 41405 1.38 8,121 Sotho
Ntha 41407 2.16 8,500 Sotho
Petrus Steyn 41408 9.74 1,163 Afrikaans
Petsana 41409 2.76 13,670 Sotho
Reitz 41410 6.51 1,781 Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 41406 5,560.92 21,423 Sotho

Politics

Main article: Nketoana Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of ten seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress6,46949.2687,14854.72210
Democratic Alliance1,61312.2811,69512.9823
Economic Freedom Fighters1,50111.4301,69813.0022
Freedom Front Plus1,0397.9101,0297.8822
Independent candidates1,88714.3700
All Unemployment Labour Alliance6765.1811
5 other parties6244.7508166.2500
Total13,133100.00913,062100.00918
Valid votes13,13398.0113,06297.49
Invalid/blank votes2671.993362.51
Total votes13,400100.0013,398100.00
Registered voters/turnout28,69146.7028,69146.70

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  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. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Nketoana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

External links

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