Ngwathe Local Municipality
| Ngwathe | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
| ||
.svg.png) Location in the Free State | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Free State | |
| District | Fezile Dabi | |
| Seat | Parys | |
| Wards | 20 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Moeketsi Mofhodi | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7,055 km2 (2,724 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 120,520 | |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 86.5% | |
| • Coloured | 2.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 10.3% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Sotho | 68.6% | |
| • Afrikaans | 13.4% | |
| • Xhosa | 8.5% | |
| • Zulu | 3.4% | |
| • Other | 6.1% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | FS203 | |
Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Ngwathe" is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| 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
The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 twenty-eight 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 | 26,581 | 26,603 | 53,184 | 71.8 | 18 | 10 | 28 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 8,283 | 8,081 | 16,364 | 22.1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,130 | 959 | 2,089 | 2.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 327 | 971 | 1,298 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 279 | 182 | 461 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belastingbetalersverening van Parys | 257 | 87 | 344 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 66 | 231 | 297 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 36,923 | 37,114 | 74,037 | 100.0 | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| Spoilt votes | 604 | 436 | 1,040 | |||||
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: Ngwathe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Ngwathe" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
External links
.svg.png)
Coordinates: 26°53′43″S 27°27′32″E / 26.89528°S 27.45889°E