Mangaung Bloemfontein | |
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| Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| Seat | Bloemfontein |
| Wards | 51 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gregory Nthatisi (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,886 km2 (3,817 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 811,431 |
| • Density | 82.08/km2 (212.6/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup(2022) | |
| • Black African | 87.9% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 7.8% |
| First languages(2011) | |
| • Sotho | 53.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 16.2% |
| • Tswana | 12.6% |
| • Xhosa | 9.9% |
| • Other | 8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MAN |
TheMangaung Metropolitan Municipality (Sotho:Masepala o Moholo wa Mangaung;Zulu:UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseMangawunge;Afrikaans:Mangaung Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit;Tswana:Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Mangaung;Xhosa:uMasipala oMbaxa wase Mangaung) is ametropolitan municipality which governsBloemfontein and surrounding towns in theFree State province ofSouth Africa.Mangaung is aSesotho word meaning "place of cheetahs", as it was not uncommon for theBasotho to name warrior regiments after ferocious animals.
In themunicipal elections held on 1 November 2021, theAfrican National Congress won 51 out of 100 seats on the Metro Council, while theDemocratic Alliance won 26 seats and theEconomic Freedom Fighters won 12 seats.
Mangaung was established in 2000 as alocal municipality within theMotheo District Municipality.[4] At themunicipal elections of 18 May 2011, Mangaung was converted into a metropolitan municipality.[4] At themunicipal elections of 3 August 2016, theNaledi Local Municipality was incorporated into Mangaung.[5] This 2016 merge increased Mangaung's land area from 6,284 square kilometres (2,426 sq mi) to 9,886 square kilometres (3,817 sq mi), making it the largest of the eight metropolitan municipalities in South Africa.[6]
The2001 census divided the municipality into the followingmain places:[7]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Barolong Baga Moroka | 40501 | 911.66 | 8,556 | Sotho |
| Bloemfontein | 40502 | 287.46 | 111,697 | Afrikaans |
| Botshabelo | 40503 | 228.79 | 175,822 | Sotho |
| Mangaung | 40504 | 46.23 | 217,076 | Sotho |
| Morago | 40505 | 221.37 | 3,941 | Tswana |
| Opkoms | 40506 | 2.84 | 15,397 | Afrikaans |
| Peter Swart | 40507 | 1.97 | 10,002 | Sotho |
| Rodenbeck | 40508 | 2.05 | 7,837 | Sotho |
| Sonskyn | 40509 | 0.80 | 3,630 | Sotho |
| Thaba 'Nchu | 40510 | 216.23 | 67,269 | Sotho |
| Remainder of the municipality | 40511 | 4,364.11 | 24,220 | Sotho |
The municipal council consists of one hundred members elected bymixed-member proportional representation. Fifty councillors are elected byfirst-past-the-post voting in fiftywards, while the remaining fifty are chosen fromparty lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the2021 South African municipal elections of 1 November 2021 theAfrican National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.[8]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 87,100 | 49.75 | 40 | 90,672 | 51.51 | 11 | 51 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 45,482 | 25.98 | 11 | 44,857 | 25.48 | 15 | 26 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 19,681 | 11.24 | 0 | 20,018 | 11.37 | 12 | 12 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 7,970 | 4.55 | 0 | 7,771 | 4.41 | 5 | 5 | |
| Patriotic Alliance | 3,196 | 1.83 | 0 | 3,126 | 1.78 | 2 | 2 | |
| Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats | 2,821 | 1.61 | 0 | 2,220 | 1.26 | 2 | 2 | |
| African Independent Congress | 2,970 | 1.70 | 0 | 1,484 | 0.84 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 1,292 | 0.74 | 0 | 1,224 | 0.70 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 1,018 | 0.58 | 0 | 1,071 | 0.61 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 992 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 other parties | 2,555 | 1.46 | 0 | 3,583 | 2.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 175,077 | 100.00 | 51 | 176,026 | 100.00 | 50 | 101 | |
| Valid votes | 175,077 | 98.40 | 176,026 | 98.47 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,850 | 1.60 | 2,736 | 1.53 | ||||
| Total votes | 177,927 | 100.00 | 178,762 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 410,785 | 43.31 | 410,785 | 43.52 | ||||
Since April 2022, the municipality is under administration, one of 32 in the country, and three in theFree State where the provincial executive has intervened due to maladministration.[9]
The following people have served as the Executive Mayor of the municipality since its founding in 2000:
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