Setsoto
Local municipality
Official seal of Setsoto
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
SeatFicksburg
Wards18
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSeipati Mbiwe
Area
 • Total5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total112,597
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African92.3%
 • Coloured0.7%
 • Indian/Asian1.9%
 • White4.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Sotho87.2%
 • Afrikaans7.1%
 • English2.9%
 • Sign language1.2%
 • Other1.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS191

Setsoto Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setsoto) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Setsoto is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". The seat is Ficksburg. Other towns include Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. 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

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main 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

Main article: Setsoto Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 majority of seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress12,40550.771412,40951.14317
Setsoto Service Delivery Forum5,59722.9135,54222.8458
Economic Freedom Fighters2,1748.9002,2639.3333
Democratic Alliance1,6876.9001,7017.0122
Freedom Front Plus1,2535.1301,1064.5622
African Transformation Movement3201.3103041.2511
Independent candidates4081.6700
5 other parties5882.4109383.8700
Total24,432100.001724,263100.001633
Valid votes24,43297.8824,26397.36
Invalid/blank votes5292.126582.64
Total votes24,961100.0024,921100.00
Registered voters/turnout55,71844.8055,71844.73

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 c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ^ "Census 2011: Local Municipality: Setsoto".
  5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Setsoto". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

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