Ngwathe Local Municipality (original) (raw)

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Local municipality in Free State, South Africa

Ngwathe
Local municipality
Official seal of NgwatheSeal
Location in the Free StateLocation in the Free State
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Fezile Dabi
Seat Parys
Wards 20
Government[2]
• 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]

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
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

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 Totalseats
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

Attempted fraud of the municipality

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In October 2024, Abram Maheso was arrested after attempting to defraud the municipality of R800 000 by claiming the account as his own when setting up an investment account.[8]

  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.
  8. ^ admin (2024-10-18). "Free State Man Uses Municipality Account to Scheme R800,000 from Liberty Group". FREE STATE INSIDER. Retrieved 2024-10-20.

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