Tswelopele Municipality (; ; ) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Tswelopele is a Sesotho word meaning "progress". 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 Bultfontein 4090142.751,034Afrikaans Hoopstad 4090228.34662Afrikaans Phahameng 409033.3720,063Sotho Tikwana 409041.7311,032Sotho Remainder of the municipality 409056,447.2020,913Sotho
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 reduced majority of ten seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
References
External links http://www.tswelopele.gov.za/