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Kopanong Local Municipality

Coordinates: 30°02′06″S 25°46′46″E / 30.03500°S 25.77944°E / -30.03500; 25.77944
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Kopanong
Official seal of Kopanong
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictXhariep
SeatTrompsburg
Wards8
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorXolani Tseletsele
Area
 • Total
15,645 km2 (6,041 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
49,171
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African71.5%
 • Coloured18.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White9.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho37.9%
 • Afrikaans34.8%
 • Xhosa20.6%
 • Tswana2.4%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS162

Kopanong Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Kopanong; Afrikaans: Kopanong Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Kopanong) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Kopanong is a Sesotho word meaning "meeting place or where people are invited". The name earmarks unity and seeks to encourage co-operation.[4]

Main places

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The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Bethulie 40201 51.80 1,342 Afrikaans
Charlesville 40202 0.33 525 Sotho
Edenburg 40203 28.33 935 Afrikaans
Fauresmith 40204 54.64 1,276 Afrikaans
Ha-Rasebei 40205 11.27 7,203 Sotho
Hydro Park 40206 0.36 586 Afrikaans
Ipopeng 40207 0.75 2,770 Afrikaans
Itumeleng 40208 1.17 3,924 Sotho
Jagersfontein 40209 1.03 1,200 Afrikaans
Lephoi 40211 1.19 5,067 Xhosa
Madikgetla 40212 0.69 3,938 Sotho
Maphodi 40213 0.83 3,592 Xhosa
Oranjekrag 40214 3.82 350 Afrikaans
Philippolis 40215 67.55 1,170 Afrikaans
Poding-Tse-Rolo 40216 0.35 2,411 Xhosa
Qhoweng 40217 0.74 3,469 Sotho
Reddersburg 40218 18.01 967 Afrikaans
Springfontein 40219 40.78 1,753 Afrikaans
Trompsburg 40220 1.27 925 Afrikaans
Waterkloof 40221 20.84 6 Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 40210 14,937.34 12,524 Afrikaans

Politics

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The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 majority of eleven seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress7,83565.1598,05566.93211
Democratic Alliance1,99616.6001,96716.3433
Economic Freedom Fighters1,1209.3101,29910.7922
Freedom Front Plus6245.1906265.2011
Independent candidates4033.3500
African Transformation Movement480.400880.7300
Total12,026100.00912,035100.00817
Valid votes12,02697.9112,03597.45
Invalid/blank votes2572.093152.55
Total votes12,283100.0012,350100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,96749.2024,96749.47

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 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Kopanong". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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