Setsoto Local Municipality

Setsoto Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". Setsoto is headed by Ficksburg, followed by Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. It is the getaway municipality to the Kingdom of Lesotho through Ficksburg. Setsoto is rich in agriculture as well as producing cherries.

Setsoto
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
SeatFicksburg
Wards18
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNthateng Maoke
Area
 • Total5,966 km2 (2,303 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total112,597
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African92.3%
 • Coloured1.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White5.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho87.2%
 • Afrikaans7.1%
 • English2.9%
 • Sign language1.2%
 • Other1.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS191

The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Nthateng Maoke.[4]

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Clocolan4120116.711,366Sotho
Ficksburg4120221.6341,500Sotho
Hlohlolwane412032.2515,275Sotho
Mafeleng412040.231,255Sotho
Marquard412051.561,024English
Matwabeng412063.6519,218Sotho
Meqheleng412074.1325,900Sotho
Moemaneng412081.8612,067Sotho
Senekal4120933.403,333Sotho
Remainder of the municipality412105,880.9535,434Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 18,83519,09037,92561.416521
Democratic Alliance 5,0764,93510,01116.2145
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,6932,6295,3228.6033
United Front of Civics 1,3983,2594,6577.5033
Independent 1,532–1,5322.50–0
Freedom Front Plus 5344619951.6011
Congress of the People 532–5320.9000
Dikwankwetla Party 2051773820.6000
African People's Convention 832693520.6000
Inkatha Freedom Party 063630.1000
Total 30,88830,88361,771100.0171633
Spoilt votes 8068191,625

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. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Setsoto" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Setsoto" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

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