Setsoto Municipality () is a local municipality within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Setsoto is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". The seat is Ficksburg. Other towns include Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. The municipality is rich in agriculture and is known for producing cherries.
The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Seipati Mbiwe. South African Languages - Place names
Main places The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language Clocolan 15.761,349Afrikaans Ficksburg 50.355,400Afrikaans Hlohlolwane 3.2116,253Sotho Marquard 7.301,033Afrikaans Matwabeng 3.6522,076Sotho Meqheleng 4.1335,848Sotho Moemaneng 1.8614,469Sotho Senekal 32.883,466Afrikaans Setsoto/Willem Pretorius Game Reserve 130.11185Sotho Remainder of the municipality 5,712.13 12,519Sotho
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seventeen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
References
External links https://www.setsoto.gov.za