Setsoto Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement | name = Setsoto | official_name = | other_name = | native_name = | settlement_type = Local municipality  | image_seal = Setsoto_CoA.png | seal_size = 150x100px  | image_map = Map of the Free State with Setsoto highlighted.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = Location in the Free State | map_caption = Location in the Free State |coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes =   | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Free State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Thabo Mofutsanyane  | seat = Ficksburg | parts_type = Wards |parts = 18  | government_footnotes = <ref name="muni_mayor">{{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 |url-status=dead |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 }}</ref> | government_type = Municipal council | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Seipati Mbiwe | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 =  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 5966  | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/free_state/FS191__setsoto/ |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=17 February 2025}}</ref> | population_total = 127918 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2022)}} | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population" /> | demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}} | demographics1_info1 = 91.5% | demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}} | demographics1_info2 = 0.9% | demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}} | demographics1_info3 = 1.2% | demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}} | demographics1_info4 = 6.3%  | demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}} | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="muni_population">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> | demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Sotho}} | demographics2_info1 = 87.2% | demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}} | demographics2_info2 = 7.1% | demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}} | demographics2_info3 = 2.9% | demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Sign language}} | demographics2_info4 = 1.2% | demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}} | demographics2_info5 = 1.6%  | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2  | blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code | blank_info_sec1 = FS191

| footnotes = }} '''Setsoto Municipality''' ({{langx|st|Masepala wa Setsoto}}) 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.<ref>[http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names]</ref>

==Main places== The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469 | title=Census 2011: Local Municipality: Setsoto }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Place !! Code !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)!! Population !! Most spoken language |- | Clocolan || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469010]||15.76||1,349||Afrikaans |- | Ficksburg || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469007]||50.35||5,400||Afrikaans |- | Hlohlolwane || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469009]||3.21||16,253||Sotho |- | Marquard || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469005]||7.30||1,033||Afrikaans |- | Matwabeng || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469004]||3.65||22,076||Sotho |- | Meqheleng || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469008]||4.13||35,848||Sotho |- | Moemaneng || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469006]||1.86||14,469||Sotho |- | Senekal || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469003]||32.88||3,466||Afrikaans |- | Setsoto/Willem Pretorius Game Reserve || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469001]||130.11||185||Sotho |- | ''Remainder of the municipality'' || [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469002]||5,712.13 ||12,519||Sotho |}

== Politics == {{main|Setsoto Local Municipality elections}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Setsoto |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/FS191 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}</ref>

{{Election results |firstround=Ward |secondround=List |party1=African National Congress |votes1=12405 |votes1_2=12409 |seats1=14 |seats1_2=3 |totseats1=17 |party2=Setsoto Service Delivery Forum |votes2=5597 |votes2_2=5542 |seats2=3 |seats2_2=5 |totseats2=8 |party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=2174 |votes3_2=2263 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=3 |totseats3=3 |party4=Democratic Alliance |votes4=1687 |votes4_2=1701 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2 |party5=Freedom Front Plus |votes5=1253 |votes5_2=1106 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=2 |totseats5=2 |party6=African Transformation Movement |votes6=320 |votes6_2=304 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1 |party7=Independent candidates |votes7=408 |votes7_2= |seats7=0 |seats7_2= |totseats7=0 |party8=5 other parties |votes8=588 |votes8_2=938 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=0 |totseats8=0 |invalid=529 |invalid2=658 |electorate=55718 |electorate2=55718 }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * https://www.setsoto.gov.za

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Category:Setsoto Local Municipality Category:Local municipalities of the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality