Nala Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Nala Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is Sesotho for "affluence or plenty". It is derived from the maize belt and economic prosperity of the area.[1]
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]
Place | Census code | Area (km2) | Population |
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Balkfontein | 468004 | 1.12 | 154 |
Bothaville | 468001 | 33.26 | 4,152 |
Kgotsong | 468002 | 9.74 | 41,878 |
Monyakeng | 468005 | 3.80 | 25,392 |
Wesselsbron | 468006 | 10.26 | 1,415 |
Remainder of the municipality | 468003 | 4,070.61 | 8,229 |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twelve wards, while the remaining twelve 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 fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008752;" data-sort-value="Agang South Africa" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #046D2A;" data-sort-value="African People's Convention" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="United Residents Front" |Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 13,701 | 13,670 | 27,371 | 61.6 | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
EFF | 4,475 | 4,537 | 9,012 | 20.3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
DA | 2,296 | 2,374 | 4,670 | 10.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
VF+ | 1,013 | 917 | 1,930 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
COPE | 282 | 228 | 510 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ACDP | 185 | 184 | 369 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 198 | – | 198 | 0.4 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Agang SA | 92 | 93 | 185 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
APC | 10 | 114 | 124 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Residents Front | 58 | 46 | 104 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 22,310 | 22,163 | 44,473 | 100.0 | 12 | 12 | 24 | |
Spoilt votes | 406 | 491 | 897 |
In a by-election held on 5 September 2018, a ward previously held by an ANC councillor was won by the DA candidate.[5] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" |Party | Ward | PR list | Total | |
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ANC | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
EFF | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
DA | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
VF+ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 12 | 12 | 24 |
References
- ^ South African Languages - Place names
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Nala" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Nala" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "DA take ward off ANC in Nala, while the ANC gets slightly decreased returns in Tshwane poll". Daily Maverick. 6 September 2018.