Tokologo Local Municipality

Local municipality in Free State, South Africa

Tokologo

Local municipality

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Location in the Free State

Coordinates: 28°32′31″S 25°14′13″E﻿ / ﻿28.54194°S 25.23694°E﻿ / -28.54194; 25.23694
Country| South Africa
Province| Free State
District| Lejweleputswa
Seat| Boshof
Wards| 4
Government

[1]

• Type| Municipal council
• Mayor| Boikie David Obotseng
Area

• Total

| 9,326 km2 (3,601 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[2]

• Total

| 29,455
• Density| 3.2/km2 (8.2/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2022)

[2]

• Black African| 86.0%
• Coloured| 4.7%
• Indian/Asian| 0.8%
• White| 8.3%
First languages (2011)

[2]

• Tswana| 57.3%
• Afrikaans| 18.7%
• Xhosa| 10.9%
• Sotho| 8.5%
• Other| 4.6%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code| FS182

Tokologo Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Tokologo; Afrikaans: Tokologo Munisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Tokologo) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Tokologo is a Setswana word meaning "freedom".[3]

## Main places

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

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

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Boshof | 40801 | 91.93 | 3,843 | Tswana
Dealesville | 40802 | 0.93 | 361 | Afrikaans
Hertzogville | 40803 | 1.46 | 438 | Afrikaans
Malebogo | 40804 | 1.33 | 6,409 | Tswana
Seretse | 40805 | 0.71 | 4,465 | Tswana
Tswaraganang | 40807 | 0.54 | 3,270 | Tswana
Remainder of the municipality | 40806 | 9,228.76 | 13,663 | Tswana

## Politics

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Main article: Tokologo Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the elections of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of 8 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

Party| Ward| List| Total
seats

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Votes| %| Seats| Votes| %| Seats
| African National Congress| 4,019| 53.92| 6| 4,443| 59.77| 2| 8
| Democratic Alliance| 1,208| 16.21| 1| 1,388| 18.67| 1| 2
| Economic Freedom Fighters| 1,040| 13.95| 0| 1,167| 15.70| 2| 2
| Independent candidates| 875| 11.74| 0| | 0
| Freedom Front Plus| 264| 3.54| 0| 350| 4.71| 1| 1
| African Transformation Movement| 48| 0.64| 0| 86| 1.16| 0| 0
Total| 7,454| 100.00| 7| 7,434| 100.00| 6| 13
Valid votes| 7,454| 97.76| | 7,434| 97.50| |
Invalid/blank votes| 171| 2.24| | 191| 2.50| |
Total votes| 7,625| 100.00| | 7,625| 100.00| |
Registered voters/turnout| 13,614| 56.01| | 13,614| 56.01| |

## Maladministration

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As of January 2024, the municipality is under administration, one of 32 in the country, and three in the Free State where the provincial executive has intervened due to maladministration[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 17 February 2025. Cite error: The named reference "muni_population" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
3. ^ South African Languages - Place names
4. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Tokologo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
6. ^ Thorne, Seth. "South Africa's 32 most 'dysfunctional' municipalities". Businesstech. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

## External links

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* Official website

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Municipalities and communities of Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State

District seat: Welkom

Masilonyana|

* Brandfort
* Florisbad
* Soutpan
* Theunissen
* Verkeerdevlei
* Winburg

Lejweleputswa District within South Africa

Tokologo|

* Boshof
* Dealesville
* Hertzogville

Tswelopele|

* Bultfontein
* Hoopstad

Matjhabeng|

* Allanridge
* Hennenman
* Odendaalsrus
* Riebeeckstad
* Thabong
* Ventersburg
* Virginia
* Welkom
* Whites

Nala|

* Balkfontein
* Bothaville
* Wesselsbron

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Municipalities of the Free State

Metropolitan|

* Mangaung

District
and local|

| Xhariep|

* Letsemeng
* Kopanong
* Mohokare

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Lejweleputswa|

* Masilonyana
* Tokologo
* Tswelopele
* Matjhabeng
* Nala

Thabo Mofutsanyana|

* Setsoto
* Dihlabeng
* Nketoana
* Maluti-a-Phofung
* Phumelela
* Mantsopa

Fezile Dabi|

* Moqhaka
* Ngwathe
* Metsimaholo
* Mafube

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