Ngwathe Local Municipality

Local municipality in Free State, South Africa

Ngwathe

Local municipality

Seal

Location in the Free State

Country| South Africa
Province| Free State
District| Fezile Dabi
Seat| Parys
Wards| 20
Government

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• Type| Municipal council
• Mayor| Victoria de Beer[1]
Area

• Total| 7,055 km2 (2,724 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[3]

• Total| 120,520
• Density| 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)

[3]

• Black African| 86.5%
• Coloured| 2.6%
• Indian/Asian| 0.3%
• White| 10.3%
First languages (2011)

[4]

• Sotho| 68.6%
• Afrikaans| 13.4%
• Xhosa| 8.5%
• Zulu| 3.4%
• Other| 6.1%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code| FS203

Ngwathe Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Ngwathe; Afrikaans: Ngwathe Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Ngwathe is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.[5]

## Main places

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

Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language

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Edenville | 41801 | 9.25 | 896 | Sotho
Heilbron | 41802 | 26.47 | 9,652 | Sotho
Koppies | 41803 | 114.90 | 967 | Afrikaans
Kwakwatsi | 41804 | 1.81 | 7,830 | Sotho
Mokwallo | 41805 | 1.87 | 8,637 | Sotho
Ngwathe | 41811 | 0.88 | 5,294 | Sotho
Parys | 41807 | 17.28 | 10,716 | Afrikaans
Phiritona | 41808 | 3.10 | 15,874 | Sotho
Tumahole | 41809 | 23.21 | 33,084 | Sotho
Vredefort | 41810 | 19.77 | 3,053 | Sotho
Remainder of the municipality | 41806 | 6,860.55 | 22,811 | Sotho

## Politics

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Main article: Ngwathe Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of thirty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-one seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[7]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

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Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 15,913| 55.51| 18| 16,020| 55.80| 3| 21
| Democratic Alliance| 5,489| 19.15| 1| 5,532| 19.27| 6| 7
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 3,764| 13.13| 0| 3,913| 13.63| 5| 5
| Freedom Front Plus| 1,829| 6.38| 0| 1,832| 6.38| 3| 3
| Ngwathe Residents Association| 751| 2.62| 0| 738| 2.57| 1| 1
| Independent candidates| 412| 1.44| 0| | 0
| 7 other parties| 507| 1.77| 0| 676| 2.35| 0| 0
Total| 28,665| 100.00| 19| 28,711| 100.00| 18| 37
Valid votes| 28,665| 98.27| | 28,711| 98.20| |
Invalid/blank votes| 506| 1.73| | 526| 1.80| |
Total votes| 29,171| 100.00| | 29,237| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 63,783| 45.73| | 63,783| 45.84| |

## References

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1. ^ "Ngwathe se nuwe burgemeester ingehuldig". Parys Gazette. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
2. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
3. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
5. ^ South African Languages - Place names
6. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
7. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Ngwathe". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.

## External links

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* Official website

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Municipalities of the Free State

Metropolitan|

* Mangaung

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| Xhariep|

* Letsemeng
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* Mohokare

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Lejweleputswa|

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* Setsoto
* Dihlabeng
* Nketoana
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Fezile Dabi|

* Moqhaka
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* Metsimaholo
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