Ngwathe Local Municipality
| Ngwathe | ||
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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 | Parys | |
| Wards | 20 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Moeketsi Mofhodi | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7,055 km2 (2,724 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 120,520 | |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 86.5% | |
| • Coloured | 2.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 10.3% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Sotho | 68.6% | |
| • Afrikaans | 13.4% | |
| • Xhosa | 8.5% | |
| • Zulu | 3.4% | |
| • Other | 6.1% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | FS203 | |
Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Ngwathe" is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 26°53′43″S 27°27′32″E / 26.89528°S 27.45889°E
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