Mafube Local Municipality
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Mafube | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Free State | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Fezile Dabi |
| Seat | Frankfort |
| Wards | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Jabulani Sigasa (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 61,150 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 92.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.5% |
| • White | 7.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 64.4% |
| • Zulu | 20.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 8.3% |
| • Xhosa | 1.7% |
| • Other | 4.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS205 |
Mafube Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Mafube; Zulu: UMasipala wase Mafube) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.
Mafube is a Sesotho word meaning "dawning of the new day".[4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelia | 42001 | 1.95 | 1,502 | Sotho |
| Frankfort | 42002 | 32.64 | 1,900 | Zulu |
| Mafahlaneng | 42003 | 145.68 | 5,367 | Sotho |
| Namahadi | 42005 | 4.28 | 19,413 | Sotho |
| Ntshwanatsatsi | 42006 | 0.36 | 1,867 | Sotho |
| Qalabotjha | 42007 | 1.95 | 17,244 | Sotho |
| Villiers | 42008 | 24.27 | 984 | Zulu |
| Remainder of the municipality | 42004 | 4,371.52 | 9,363 | Sotho |
Politics
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 election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a reduced majority of ten seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 7,315 | 55.69 | 9 | 7,590 | 58.28 | 1 | 10 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,708 | 13.00 | 0 | 2,036 | 15.63 | 3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,216 | 9.26 | 0 | 1,242 | 9.54 | 2 | 2 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,026 | 7.81 | 0 | 1,195 | 9.18 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,446 | 11.01 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 other parties | 424 | 3.23 | 0 | 960 | 7.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 13,135 | 100.00 | 9 | 13,023 | 100.00 | 8 | 17 | |
| Valid votes | 13,135 | 98.40 | 13,023 | 98.25 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 213 | 1.60 | 232 | 1.75 | ||||
| Total votes | 13,348 | 100.00 | 13,255 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 29,510 | 45.23 | 29,510 | 44.92 | ||||
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