Tswelopele Local Municipality

Tswelopele Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Tswelopele; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Tswelopele; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Tswelopele) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Tswelopele is a Sesotho word meaning "progress".[4]

Tswelopele
Local municipality
Official seal of Tswelopele
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictLejweleputswa
SeatBultfontein
Wards8
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRosy Phukuntse
Area
 • Total6,524 km2 (2,519 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total47,625
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African91.2%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White6.9%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Sotho54.0%
 • Xhosa19.9%
 • Tswana12.0%
 • Afrikaans8.3%
 • Other5.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS183

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Bultfontein4090142.751,034Afrikaans
Hoopstad4090228.34662Afrikaans
Phahameng409033.3720,063Sotho
Tikwana409041.7311,032Sotho
Remainder of the municipality409056,447.2020,913Sotho

Politics
Main article: Tswelopele Local Municipality elections

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 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of ten seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress7,11661.4197,17461.80110
Democratic Alliance1,82915.7801,81015.5933
Economic Freedom Fighters1,32211.4101,34411.5822
Tikwana Youth Power6695.7706685.7511
Freedom Front Plus4103.5404033.4711
African Transformation Movement1351.1601371.1800
Congress of the People330.280400.3400
Independent candidates670.5800
National Freedom Party70.060330.2800
Total11,588100.00911,609100.00817
Valid votes11,58897.2711,60997.34
Invalid/blank votes3252.733172.66
Total votes11,913100.0011,926100.00
Registered voters/turnout25,85646.0725,85646.12

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 — Tswelopele". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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