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Mohokare Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Seat
  
Zastron

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
8,776 kmĀ²

Black african population
  
90.8%

Native english speakers
  
1.1%

Province
  
Free State

District
  
Xhariep

Wards
  
6

Municipal code
  
FS163

White population
  
6.5%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
8.9%

Native sotho speakers
  
64.1%

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Mohokare Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Xhariep District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Sesotho word for Caledon River, which runs through the municipality.

Contents

Map of Zastron, South Africa

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five 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 seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

Mohokare Local Municipality Wikipedia