Tokologo
Local municipality
Official seal of Tokologo
Seal
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
Coordinates: 28°32′31″S 25°14′13″E / 28.54194°S 25.23694°E / -28.54194; 25.23694
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictLejweleputswa
SeatBoshof
Wards4
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBoikie David Obotseng
Area
 • Total9,326 km2 (3,601 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total28,986
 • Density3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African84.5%
 • Coloured4.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White9.9%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Tswana57.3%
 • Afrikaans18.7%
 • Xhosa10.9%
 • Sotho8.5%
 • Other4.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS182

Tokologo Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Tokologo; Afrikaans: Tokologo Munisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Tokologo) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Tokologo is a Setswana word meaning "freedom".[3]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Boshof4080191.933,843Tswana
Dealesville408020.93361Afrikaans
Hertzogville408031.46438Afrikaans
Malebogo408041.336,409Tswana
Seretse408050.714,465Tswana
Tswaraganang408070.543,270Tswana
Remainder of the municipality408069,228.7613,663Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the elections of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of 8 seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress4,01953.9264,44359.7728
Democratic Alliance1,20816.2111,38818.6712
Economic Freedom Fighters1,04013.9501,16715.7022
Independent candidates87511.7400
Freedom Front Plus2643.5403504.7111
African Transformation Movement480.640861.1600
Total7,454100.0077,434100.00613
Valid votes7,45497.767,43497.50
Invalid/blank votes1712.241912.50
Total votes7,625100.007,625100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,61456.0113,61456.01

Maladministration

As of January 2024, the municipality is under administration, one of 32 in the country, and three in the Free State where the provincial executive has intervened due to maladministration[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Tokologo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  6. ↑ Thorne, Seth. "South Africa's 32 most 'dysfunctional' municipalities". Businesstech. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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