Moqhaka Local Municipality

Moqhaka is a municipality in the Fezile Dabi District, Free State Province, South Africa.[4] In 2001 the population was 267 881 with a total area of 7925 km ². The seat of local government is Kroonstad.[5] The community name is the South-Sotho-word for "crown".[6]

Moqhaka
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Fezile Dabi
Seat	Kroonstad
Wards	25
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cllr. M. Mokgosi
• Municipal Manager	Mr. S.M Mqwathi
Area
• Total	7,925 km^2 (3,060 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	160,532
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	87.2%
• Coloured	2.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	9.3%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	74.6%
• Afrikaans	13.6%
• Xhosa	3.9%
• English	2.5%
• Other	5.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	FS201

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[7]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Kroonstad	41701	232.04	23,992	Afrikaans
Maokeng	41702	12.62	67,929	Sotho
Matlwangtlwang	41703	1.59	6,441	Sotho
Rammulutsi	41705	4.03	24,578	Sotho
Steynsrus	41706	1.66	1,192	Afrikaans
Vaal Reefs Mine	41707	12.04	5,050	Sotho
Vierfontein	41708	2.84	832	Afrikaans
Viljoenskroon	41709	13.73	2,514	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	41704	7,619.38	35,362	Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 twenty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[8][9]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	25,188	25,084	50,272	60.1	20	7	27
	Democratic Alliance	10,350	10,397	20,747	24.8	3	8	11
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,301	3,451	6,752	8.1	0	4	4
	Freedom Front Plus	1,462	1,369	2,831	3.4	0	2	2
	Congress of the People	882	819	1,701	2.0	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	127	232	359	0.4	0	0	0
	ACDP	170	175	345	0.4	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	171	155	326	0.4	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	108	175	283	0.3	0	0	0
	Independent	25	–	25	0.0	0	–	0
Total		41,784	41,857	83,641	100.0	23	22	45
Spoilt votes		666	705	1,371

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. Website of Moqhaka Local Municipality
5. Municipal Demarcation Board
6. "South African Place Names explained". Retrieved 2013-10-06.
7. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
8. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Moqhaka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
9. "Seat Calculation Detail: Moqhaka" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

External links

• Moqhaka Local Municipality