| 词条 | Matjhabeng Local Municipality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Matjhabeng | native_name = | settlement_type = Local municipality | image_seal = Matjhabeng_CoA.png | image_map = Map of the Free State with Matjhabeng highlighted.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = Location in the Free State | map_caption = Location in the Free State | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = | latd= |latm= | longd= |longm= | coordinates_type = region:ZA_type:adm3rd_scale:300000 | province = Free State | district = Lejweleputswa | seat = Welkom | parts_type = Wards | parts = 36 | government_footnotes = [1] | mayor_party = ANC | mayor = Nkosenjani Speelman | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | muni_code = FS184 }}Matjhabeng Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa, that includes the city of Welkom. The name is a Sesotho word meaning "where nations meet". It is derived from the migrant labour system where people from various countries like Lesotho, Mozambique, etc. meet to work in the mines of the Goldfields.[2] Reported corruptionIn 2011 the municipality came into the news as one of the worst examples of the widespread corruption under the ANC. In about four years about R2bn went missing [3] GeographyThe municipality covers an area of {{convert|5155|km2}} in the goldfields of the central Free State, north of Bloemfontein and south of Kroonstad. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 406,461 people in 123,195 households. Of this population, 88% describe themselves as "Black African", 10% as "White", and 2% as "Coloured". The first language of 64% of the population is Sotho, while 12% speak Xhosa, 12% speak Afrikaans and 4% speak English.[4] In the western part of the municipality there is a string of mining towns that runs from northwest to southeast: Allanridge (pop. 19,337[5]), Odendaalsrus (pop. 63,743[6]), Welkom (pop. 211,011[7]) and Virginia (pop. 66,208[8]). Further to the east are the agricultural towns of Hennenman (pop. 24,355[9]) and Ventersburg (pop. 11,260[10]). PoliticsThe municipal council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-six 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-six seats in the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[11][12]
In a by-election held on 23 August 2017, a ward previously held by a DA councillor was won by the candidate from the United Front of Civics.[13] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 |df= }} 2. ^South African Languages - Place names 3. ^Times Live June 11, 2011 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/467 |title=Matjhabeng Local Municipality |work=Census 2011}} 5. ^Sum of the Main Places Allanridge and Phathakahle from Census 2011. 6. ^Sum of the Main Places Odendaalsrus and Kutlwanong from Census 2011. 7. ^Sum of the following Main Places from Census 2011: Hani Park, Riebeeckstad, Thabong, Welkom. 8. ^Sum of the Main Places Virginia and Meloding from Census 2011. 9. ^Sum of the Main Places Hennenman and Phomolong from Census 2011. 10. ^Sum of the Main Places Ventersburg, Mmamahabane and Tswelangpele from Census 2011. 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/FS/FS184.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Matjhabeng |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=23 December 2016}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/FS/FS184.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Matjhabeng |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=23 December 2016}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-08-24-by-elections-anc-claws-back-seats-from-da-in-rural-western-cape/#.WdlPHf0w_cs |title=By-Elections: ANC claws back seats from DA in rural Western Cape |publisher=Daily Maverick |date= 24 August 2017}} External links
1 : Local municipalities of the Lejweleputswa District Municipality |
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