Metsimaholo Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Metsimaholo means "big water" in Sesotho. South African Languages - Place names
Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Bertha Village 419010.58666Sotho Coalbrook 419020.6930Xhosa Deneysville 419036.501,124Afrikaans Holly Country 419040.93614Afrikaans Metsimaholo 419140.793,193Sotho Oranjeville 419067.73297Afrikaans Refengkgotso 419075.6513,792Sotho Richmond Valley 419080.37209Afrikaans Sasolburg 4190949.8224,568Afrikaans Taaibos 419101.501,301Afrikaans Vaal Power 419110.65798Sotho Viljoensdrif 419122.49589Sotho Zamdela 4191310.2157,070Sotho Remainder of the municipality 419051,651.3711,723Sotho
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-three 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, no party won a majority on the council. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) formed a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC). The EFF's Selloane Motjeane was elected mayor, while Lucas Fisher of the ANC was elected Speaker and Fikile Msokweni of the ANC the Council Whip. However, that coalition collapsed and Jeff Zwane of the Democratic Alliance was subsequently elected mayor. In 2023, Zwane was voted out of office in a motion of no confidence, and Jack Malindi of the African Independent Congress (AIC) was subsequently elected mayor.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
References
External links Official website