Country South Africa Seat Dewetsdorp Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 3,424 km² Black african population 92.4% Native english speakers 2.3% Province Free State | District Xhariep Wards 4 Municipal code FS164 White population 4.9% Native afrikaans speakers 7.7% Native sotho speakers 83.7% | |
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Naledi Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Free State province in South Africa. On 3 August 2016 it was disestablished and merged into the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. The name Naledi is a Sesotho word meaning "a star". The principal towns in the area of the disestablished municipality are Dewetsdorp and Wepener.
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Map of Naledi, South Africa
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of six seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.