Kopanong Local Municipality

Kopanong Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Kopanong; Afrikaans: Kopanong Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Kopanong) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Kopanong 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
Official seal of Kopanong
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictXhariep
SeatTrompsburg
Wards8
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorXolani Tseletsele
Area
 • Total15,645 km2 (6,041 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total49,171
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African71.5%
 • Coloured18.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White9.4%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Sotho37.9%
 • Afrikaans34.8%
 • Xhosa20.6%
 • Tswana2.4%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS162

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bethulie4020151.801,342Afrikaans
Charlesville402020.33525Sotho
Edenburg4020328.33935Afrikaans
Fauresmith4020454.641,276Afrikaans
Ha-Rasebei4020511.277,203Sotho
Hydro Park402060.36586Afrikaans
Ipopeng402070.752,770Afrikaans
Itumeleng402081.173,924Sotho
Jagersfontein402091.031,200Afrikaans
Lephoi402111.195,067Xhosa
Madikgetla402120.693,938Sotho
Maphodi402130.833,592Xhosa
Oranjekrag402143.82350Afrikaans
Philippolis4021567.551,170Afrikaans
Poding-Tse-Rolo402160.352,411Xhosa
Qhoweng402170.743,469Sotho
Reddersburg4021818.01967Afrikaans
Springfontein4021940.781,753Afrikaans
Trompsburg402201.27925Afrikaans
Waterkloof4022120.846Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality4021014,937.3412,524Afrikaans

Politics
Main article: Kopanong Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 majority of eleven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress7,83565.1598,05566.93211
Democratic Alliance1,99616.6001,96716.3433
Economic Freedom Fighters1,1209.3101,29910.7922
Freedom Front Plus6245.1906265.2011
Independent candidates4033.3500
African Transformation Movement480.400880.7300
Total12,026100.00912,035100.00817
Valid votes12,02697.9112,03597.45
Invalid/blank votes2572.093152.55
Total votes12,283100.0012,350100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,96749.2024,96749.47

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. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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