Letsemeng Municipality (; ; ) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.
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 Boitumelong 401010.24330Afrikaans Bolokanang 401020.926,343Tswana Diamant Hoogte 401030.111,208Afrikaans Ditlhake 401042.218,727Afrikaans Jacobsdal 401052.251,709Afrikaans Koffiefontein 4010633.791,443Afrikaans Luckhoff 4010830.382,388Afrikaans Oppermans 401090.261,167Afrikaans Petrusburg 401101.99588Afrikaans Ratanang 401110.624,852Afrikaans Relebohile 401120.15671Afrikaans Remainder of the municipality 4010710,155.0013,533Afrikaans
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six 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 majority of nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
Corruption In August 2025, the ANC Provincial Executive Committee resolved to fire all its leaders in the underperforming local municipalities to address governance failures, corruption, and service delivery challenges ahead of the 2026 local elections. Letsemeng was one of those municipalities affected after years of wasteful expenditures and irregular expenses.
References
External links Official website