Mantsopa Local Municipality

Mantsopa Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Mantsopa) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

"Mantsopa" redirects here. For the Basotho prophet, see 'Mantsopa.
Mantsopa
Local municipality
Official seal of Mantsopa
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
SeatLadybrand
Wards9
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorMamsie Tsoene (ANC)
Area
 • Total4,291 km2 (1,657 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total51,056
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African88.4%
 • Coloured3.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White6.6%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Sotho82.1%
 • Afrikaans9.8%
 • English4.1%
 • Sign language1.4%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS196

Origin of the name

Basotho prophet 'Mantsopa Makhetha[4] was a cousin to King Moshoeshoe I, who banished her from the Kingdom when he suspected that her powers were greater than his. When she arrived at Modderpoort there were no houses and, according to legend, she stayed in a cave. In 1886 a group of men called The Brotherhood of St Augustine arrived at Modderpoort, and 'Mantsopa accommodated them in her cave. The missionaries decided to stay and they turned the cave into a chapel. 'Mantsopa later joined the church and was baptised and given the name Anna. 'Mantsopa's grave continues to be visited and offerings are still placed on or near it.[5]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Borwa406010.423,294Sotho
Dipeleng406020.15822Sotho
Excelsior4060311.37485Afrikaans
Hobhouse4060411.792,589Sotho
Ladybrand4060543.054,214Afrikaans
Mahalatswetsa406061.644,881Sotho
Manyatseng406082.6414,177Sotho
Thaba Phatswa406092.17434Afrikaans
Thusanong406100.562,989Sotho
Tweespruit406113.041,056Sotho
Remainder of the municipality406074,213.0820,377Sotho

Politics
Main article: Mantsopa Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[7]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress7,28558.9687,37460.23311
Democratic Alliance2,95923.9512,92523.8934
Economic Freedom Fighters1,2259.9101,24110.1422
Congress of the People3602.9103212.6211
Freedom Front Plus1481.2001611.3100
African Transformation Movement1170.9501331.0900
Independent candidates1861.5100
Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats310.250310.2500
United Independent Movement190.150420.3400
Africa's New Dawn260.210160.1300
Total12,356100.00912,244100.00918
Valid votes12,35698.5212,24498.51
Invalid/blank votes1851.481851.49
Total votes12,541100.0012,429100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,61245.4227,61245.01

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. "Mantsopa Makhetha". 6 September 2019.
  5. South African Languages: Place names
  6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  7. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mantsopa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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