Nketoana Local Municipality

Local municipality in Free State, South Africa

Nketoana

Local municipality

Seal

Location in the Free State

Country| South Africa
Province| Free State
District| Thabo Mofutsanyane
Seat| Reitz
Wards| 9
Government

[1]

• Type| Municipal council
• Mayor| Mamiki Mokoena
Area

• Total| 5,611 km2 (2,166 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[2]

• Total| 60,324
• Density| 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)

[2]

• Black African| 91.4%
• Coloured| 0.3%
• Indian/Asian| 0.2%
• White| 7.8%
First languages (2011)

[3]

• Sotho| 75.9%
• Zulu| 10.7%
• Afrikaans| 8.7%
• Sign language| 1.7%
• Other| 3%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code| FS193

Nketoana Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Nketoana; Zulu: UMasipala wase Nketoana) is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

## Main places[edit]

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

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

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Arlington | 41401 | 5.51 | 222 | Sotho
Cremona | 41402 | 0.46 | 2,021 | Sotho
Leratswana | 41403 | 0.82 | 3,429 | Sotho
Lindley | 41404 | 21.07 | 1,621 | Afrikaans
Mamafubedu | 41405 | 1.38 | 8,121 | Sotho
Ntha | 41407 | 2.16 | 8,500 | Sotho
Petrus Steyn | 41408 | 9.74 | 1,163 | Afrikaans
Petsana | 41409 | 2.76 | 13,670 | Sotho
Reitz | 41410 | 6.51 | 1,781 | Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality | 41406 | 5,560.92 | 21,423 | Sotho

## Politics[edit]

Main article: Nketoana Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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.[5]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

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|
|

Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 6,469| 49.26| 8| 7,148| 54.72| 2| 10
| Democratic Alliance| 1,613| 12.28| 1| 1,695| 12.98| 2| 3
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 1,501| 11.43| 0| 1,698| 13.00| 2| 2
| Freedom Front Plus| 1,039| 7.91| 0| 1,029| 7.88| 2| 2
| Independent candidates| 1,887| 14.37| 0| | 0
| All Unemployment Labour Alliance| | 676| 5.18| 1| 1
| 5 other parties| 624| 4.75| 0| 816| 6.25| 0| 0
Total| 13,133| 100.00| 9| 13,062| 100.00| 9| 18
Valid votes| 13,133| 98.01| | 13,062| 97.49| |
Invalid/blank votes| 267| 1.99| | 336| 2.51| |
Total votes| 13,400| 100.00| | 13,398| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 28,691| 46.70| | 28,691| 46.70| |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Nketoana". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.

## External links[edit]

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130115051832/http://www.nketoana.gov.za/

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Municipalities of the Free State

Metropolitan|

* Mangaung

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* Letsemeng
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Lejweleputswa|

* Masilonyana
* Tokologo
* Tswelopele
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Thabo Mofutsanyana|

* Setsoto
* Dihlabeng
* Nketoana
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* Phumelela
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