Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

Thabo Mofutsanyane
District municipality
Official seal of Thabo Mofutsanyane
Seal
Location of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality within Free State
Location of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 28°32′S 28°49′E / 28.533°S 28.817°E / -28.533; 28.817
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
SeatPhuthaditjhaba
Local municipalities
List
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorConnie Msibi (ANC)
Area
 • Total
33,269 km2 (12,845 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
736,238
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African93.8%
 • Coloured0.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White4.8%
First languages (2011)
[3]
 • Sotho78.5%
 • Zulu10.4%
 • Afrikaans6.0%
 • English2.0%
 • Other3.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC19

The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Thabo Mofutsanyana; Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda iThabo Mofutsanyana) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Witsieshoek. As of 2011, a majority of its 725,932 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC19

Geography

Neighbours

Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipality Population % Dominant language
Maluti-a-Phofung 335 784 45.61% Sotho
Dihlabeng 128 704 17.48% Sotho
Setsoto 112 597 15.29% Sotho
Nketoana 60 324 8.19% Sotho
Mantsopa 51 056 6.93% Sotho
Phumelela 47 772 6.49% Zulu
Golden Gate Highlands National Park 1 0.01%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Language Population %
Sesotho 570 076 78.55%
IsiZulu 75 410 10.39%
Afrikaans 43 226 5.96%
English 14 646 2.02%
IsiXhosa 4 106 0.57%
Setswana 2 380 0.33%
IsiNdebele 1 595 0.22%
Sepedi 761 0.10%
Xitsonga 429 0.06%
SiSwati 323 0.04%
Tshivenda 224 0.03%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 393 068 53.39%
Male 343 170 46.61%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 690 340 93.77%
White 35 517 4.82%
Coloured 6 188 0.84%
Indian/Asian 2 881 0.39%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the 2019 South African general election.

  • Registered voters: 398 412
  • Total votes: 242 241
  • Voting turnout: 60.8%
Party Votes %
African National Congress 163 473 68.6%
Democratic Alliance 30 562 12.8%
Economic Freedom Fighters 26 805 11.3%
Freedom Front Plus 5 537 2.3%
African Transformation Movement 2 516 1.1%
African Content Movement 1 106 0.5%
African Independent Congress 1 085 0.5%
Congress of the People 930 0.4%
African Christian Democratic Party 813 0.3%
Other parties 9 414 2.2%
Total 242 241 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.