Kopanong Local Municipality

Kopanong Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "meeting place or where people are invited". The name earmarks unity and seeks to encourage co-operation.[4]

Kopanong
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Xhariep
Seat	Trompsburg
Wards	8
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Xolile Mathwa
Area
• Total	15,645 km^2 (6,041 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	49,171
• Density	3.1/km^2 (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	71.5%
• Coloured	18.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	9.4%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	37.9%
• Afrikaans	34.8%
• Xhosa	20.6%
• Tswana	2.4%
• Other	4.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	FS162

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Bethulie	40201	51.80	1,342	Afrikaans
Charlesville	40202	0.33	525	Sotho
Edenburg	40203	28.33	935	Afrikaans
Fauresmith	40204	54.64	1,276	Afrikaans
Ha-Rasebei	40205	11.27	7,203	Sotho
Hydro Park	40206	0.36	586	Afrikaans
Ipopeng	40207	0.75	2,770	Afrikaans
Itumeleng	40208	1.17	3,924	Sotho
Jagersfontein	40209	1.03	1,200	Afrikaans
Lephoi	40211	1.19	5,067	Xhosa
Madikgetla	40212	0.69	3,938	Sotho
Maphodi	40213	0.83	3,592	Xhosa
Oranjekrag	40214	3.82	350	Afrikaans
Philippolis	40215	67.55	1,170	Afrikaans
Poding-Tse-Rolo	40216	0.35	2,411	Xhosa
Qhoweng	40217	0.74	3,469	Sotho
Reddersburg	40218	18.01	967	Afrikaans
Springfontein	40219	40.78	1,753	Afrikaans
Trompsburg	40220	1.27	925	Afrikaans
Waterkloof	40221	20.84	6	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	40210	14,937.34	12,524	Afrikaans

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	10,751	11,182	21,933	69.5	8	3	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,717	2,833	5,550	17.6	0	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	999	1,348	2,347	7.4	0	1	1
	Independent	770	–	770	2.4	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	365	355	720	2.3	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	181	–	181	0.6	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	0	51	51	0.2	0	0	0
Total		15,783	15,769	31,552	100.0	8	7	15
Spoilt votes		332	346	678

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Kopanong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Kopanong" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links

• http://www.kopanong.gov.za/