Country South Africa Seat Parys Time zone SAST (UTC+2) Area 7,055 km² Black african population 86.5% Native sotho speakers 68.6% | Province Free State Wards 20 Municipal code FS203 White population 10.3% Native afrikaans speakers 13.4% | |
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District Fezile Dabi District Municipality Points of interest Vaal Dam, Afridome South Africa, Dell Cheetah Centre, Vredefort Dome | ||
Ngwathe Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State in South Africa. "Ngwathe" is the Sesotho name for the Renoster River.
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Map of Parys, South Africa
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-six members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eighteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eighteen wards, while the remaining eighteen 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 twenty-four seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.