Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (Sotho: Masepala o Moholo wa Mangaung; Afrikaans: Mangaung Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Mangaung; Xhosa: uMasipala oMbaxa wase Mangaung) is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. Mangaung is a Sesotho word meaning "place of cheetahs", as it was not uncommon for the Basotho to name warrior regiments after ferocious animals.

Mangaung
Metropolitan municipality
Official seal of Mangaung
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
SeatBloemfontein
Wards51
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • SpeakerMaryke Davies (DA)
Area
 • Total6,284 km2 (2,426 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total1,011,112
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African83.3%
 • Coloured5.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White11.0%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Sotho53.3%
 • Afrikaans16.2%
 • Tswana12.6%
 • Xhosa9.9%
 • Other8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMAN

Before the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, Mangaung was a local municipality within the Motheo District Municipality.[3] In the municipal elections held on 1 November 2021, the African National Congress won 51 out of 100 seats on the Metro Council, while the Democratic Alliance won 26 seats and the Economic Freedom Fighters won 12 seats.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Barolong Baga Moroka40501911.668,556Sotho
Bloemfontein40502287.46111,697Afrikaans
Botshabelo40503228.79175,822Sotho
Mangaung4050446.23217,076Sotho
Morago40505221.373,941Tswana
Opkoms405062.8415,397Afrikaans
Peter Swart405071.9710,002Sotho
Rodenbeck405082.057,837Sotho
Sonskyn405090.803,630Sotho
Thaba 'Nchu40510216.2367,269Sotho
Remainder of the municipality405114,364.1124,220Sotho

Politics
Main article: Mangaung elections

The municipal council consists of one hundred members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifty wards, while the remaining fifty 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 of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

Mangaung local election, 1 November 2021
PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal %WardListTotal
African National Congress 87,10090,672177,77250.6%401151
Democratic Alliance 45,48244,85790,33925.7%111526
Economic Freedom Fighters 19,68120,01839,69911.3%01212
Freedom Front Plus 7,9707,77115,7414.5%055
Patriotic Alliance 3,1963,1266,3221.8%022
Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats 2,8212,2205,0411.4%022
African Independent Congress 2,9701,4844,4541.3%011
African Christian Democratic Party 1,2921,2242,5160.7%011
African Transformation Movement 1,0181,0712,0890.6%011
United Christian Democratic Party 6586751,3330.4%000
Independent candidates 992–9920.3%0–0
Congress of the People 2765348100.2%000
United Independent Movement 2902935830.2%000
African People's Convention 3542165700.2%000
Africa's New Dawn 2412364770.1%000
Botshabelo Unemployed Movement 2082444520.1%000
Forum for Service Delivery 1242884120.1%000
Mangaung Community Forum 273663930.1%000
Agency for New Agenda 1052413460.1%000
United Residents Front 110841940.1%000
The Organic Humanity Movement 109731820.1%000
National Freedom Party 331381710.0%000
International Party 21401420.0%000
South African Royal Kingdoms Organization 1855730.0%000
Total 175,077176,026351,1035150101
Valid votes 175,077176,026351,10398.4%
Spoilt votes 2,8502,7365,5861.6%
Total votes cast 177,927178,762356,689
Voter turnout 179,703
Registered voters 410,785
Turnout percentage 43.7%

Mayors of Mangaung

The following people have served as the Executive Mayor of the municipality since its founding in 2000:

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. "Buffalo City, Mangaung categorised Metros". BuaNews. Government Communication and Information Service. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Mangaung Leading Party: Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality". Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. "ANC axes Bloem mayor". News24. Bloemfontein. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. "Free State municipal mafia foiled". Mail & Guardian. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. "Premier Magashule and Mayor Morule to launch a Cleaning and Greening campaign in Mangaung". Government of South Africa. 12 April 2011.
  9. "Mayors of the largest cities in South Africa". www.citymayors.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. Gaeswe, Refilwe (19 August 2016). "Mlamleli ready to lead Mangaung". OFM. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. Nkuyane, Lucky (14 August 2020). "Mlamleli officially out, interim mayor appointed". OFM. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  12. OFM. "Mangaung speaker finally announces mayor's resignation". OFM. Retrieved 2023-03-29.

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