Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 4,129 km² Black african population 93.1% Native sotho speakers 73.3% Province Free State | Wards 12 Municipal code FS185 White population 5.8% Native afrikaans speakers 7.3% Native tswana speakers 3.9% | |
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.
Contents
Map of Bothaville, South Africa
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
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.