Metsimaholo Local Municipality
| Metsimaholo | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in the Free State |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Free State | |
| District | Fezile Dabi | |
| Seat | Sasolburg | |
| Wards | 21 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Sello Hlasa (MCA) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,717 km2 (663 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 149,108 | |
| • Density | 87/km2 (220/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 82.3% | |
| • Coloured | 0.7% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 16.4% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Sotho | 59.9% | |
| • Afrikaans | 16.7% | |
| • Xhosa | 7.6% | |
| • Zulu | 6.0% | |
| • Other | 9.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | FS204 | |
Metsimaholo Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Metsimaholo" means "big water" in Sesotho.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-one 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, no party won a majority on the council. The Democratic Alliance (DA) formed a coalition with the Metsimaholo Community Association (MCA) and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), supported by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), to govern the municipality. The MCA's Sello Hlasa was elected mayor, while Arnoldi du Ploy and Linda Radebe of the DA were elected Speaker and Council Whip respectively. The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 26°49′00″S 27°49′00″E / 26.8167°S 27.8167°E
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