Masilonyana Local Municipality

Masilonyana
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Lejweleputswa
Seat	Theunissen
Wards	10
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Kunatu Steve Koalane
Area
• Total	6,796 km^2 (2,624 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	63,334
• Density	9.3/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	91.6%
• Coloured	1.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	6.7%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Sotho	66.9%
• Xhosa	10.8%
• Afrikaans	9.6%
• Tswana	6.9%
• Other	5.8%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	FS181

Masilonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Setswana word meaning "freedom".^[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Beatrix Mine	40701	0.17	2,492	Sotho
Boipatong	40702	0.31	1,501	Sotho
Brandfort	40703	3.20	1,516	Afrikaans
Fora	40704	0.05	530	Sotho
Ikgomotseng	40705	1.07	2,254	Tswana
Joel Mine	40706	0.11	728	Sotho
Lusaka	40707	1.40	6,110	Sotho
Majwemasweu	40708	2.50	10,328	Sotho
Makeleketla	40709	1.35	6,629	Sotho
Masilo	40710	3.02	14,903	Sotho
Star Diamond Mine	40712	0.11	212	Sotho
Theunissen	40713	15.11	1,667	Afrikaans
Tshepong	40714	0.54	1,710	Sotho
Verkeerdevlei	40715	1.22	151	Afrikaans
Winburg	40716	70.22	3,371	Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	40711	6,696.44	10,304	Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining ten 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.^[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	13,240	13,356	26,596	78.5	10	6	16
	Democratic Alliance	–	2,666	2,666	7.9	–	2	2
	Freedom Front Plus	1,857	518	2,375	7.0	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	412	514	926	2.7	0	1	1
	Independent	915	–	915	2.7	0	–	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	292	92	384	1.1	0	0	0
Total		16,716	17,146	33,862	100.0	10	10	20
Spoilt votes		658	281	939

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. 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: Masilonyana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Masilonyana" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• http://www.masilonyana.local.gov.za/

Coordinates: 28°31′00″S 27°01′00″E / 28.5167°S 27.0167°E