Mantsopa Local Municipality

Mantsopa Local Municipality is a local municipality in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District of the Free State in South Africa.

Mantsopa
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Free State
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Seat	Ladybrand
Wards	9
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sello Dennis Ntsepe
Area
• Total	4,291 km^2 (1,657 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	51,056
• Density	12/km^2 (31/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	88.4%
• Coloured	3.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	6.6%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	82.1%
• Afrikaans	9.8%
• English	4.1%
• Sign language	1.4%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	FS196

Origin of the name

Mantsopa was a sister to King Moshoeshoe who banished her from the Kingdom when he suspected that her powers were greater than his. When she arrived at Modderpoort there were no houses and she stayed in a cave. In 1886 a group of men called The Brotherhood of St Augustine arrived at Modderpoort, and Mantsopa accommodated them in her cave. The missionaries decided to stay and they turned the cave into a chapel. Mantsopa later joined the church and was baptised and given the name Anna. Mantsopa's grave continues to be visited and offerings are still placed on or near it.[4]

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Borwa	40601	0.42	3,294	Sotho
Dipeleng	40602	0.15	822	Sotho
Excelsior	40603	11.37	485	Afrikaans
Hobhouse	40604	11.79	2,589	Sotho
Ladybrand	40605	43.05	4,214	Afrikaans
Mahalatswetsa	40606	1.64	4,881	Sotho
Manyatseng	40608	2.64	14,177	Sotho
Thaba Phatswa	40609	2.17	434	Afrikaans
Thusanong	40610	0.56	2,989	Sotho
Tweespruit	40611	3.04	1,056	Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	40607	4,213.08	20,377	Sotho

Politics

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 election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eleven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	9,916	9,895	19,811	66.1	8	3	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,817	2,834	5,651	18.9	1	2	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,723	1,551	3,274	10.9	0	2	2
	Congress of the People	328	331	659	2.2	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	150	132	282	0.9	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	51	124	175	0.6	0	0	0
	United Residents Front	78	50	128	0.4	0	0	0
Total		15,063	14,917	29,980	100.0	9	8	17
Spoilt votes		257	247	504

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
2. "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
6. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mantsopa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
7. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mantsopa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

External links

• http://www.mantsopa.fs.gov.za/