Letsemeng Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Letsemeng

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Letsemeng_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of the Free State with Letsemeng highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in the Free State

| map_caption = Location in the Free State

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Free State

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Xhariep

| seat = Koffiefontein

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 6

| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Thandiwe Reachable

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 9829

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=17 February 2025}}

| population_total = 43101

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2022)}}

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 66.7%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 23.2%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.6%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 9.1%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info1 = 63.7%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Sotho}}

| demographics2_info2 = 12.4%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Xhosa}}

| demographics2_info3 = 10.8%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Tswana}}

| demographics2_info4 = 9.7%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 3.4%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = FS161

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Letsemeng Municipality ({{langx|af|Letsemeng Munisipaliteit}}; {{langx|st|Masepala wa Letsemeng}}; {{langx|xh|uMasipala wase Letsemeng}}) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]

class="wikitable sortable"

! Place !! Code !! Area (km2)!! Population !! Most spoken language

Boitumelong[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40101 40101]0.24330Afrikaans
Bolokanang[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40102 40102]0.926,343Tswana
Diamant Hoogte[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40103 40103]0.111,208Afrikaans
Ditlhake[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40104 40104]2.218,727Afrikaans
Jacobsdal[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40105 40105]2.251,709Afrikaans
Koffiefontein[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40106 40106]33.791,443Afrikaans
Luckhoff[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40108 40108]30.382,388Afrikaans
Oppermans[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40109 40109]0.261,167Afrikaans
Petrusburg[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40110 40110]1.99588Afrikaans
Ratanang[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40111 40111]0.624,852Afrikaans
Relebohile[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40112 40112]0.15671Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40107 40107]10,155.0013,533Afrikaans

Politics

{{main|Letsemeng Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of thirteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining six are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Letsemeng |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/FS161 |access-date=2021-11-20 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=6188 |votes1_2=6220 |seats1=7 |seats1_2=2 |totseats1=9

|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=1531 |votes2_2=1562 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=2 |totseats2=2

|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=1009 |votes3_2=1064 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=1 |totseats3=1

|party4=Freedom Front Plus |votes4=484 |votes4_2=494 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1

|party5=Independent candidates |votes5=286 |votes5_2= |seats5=0 |seats5_2= |totseats5=0

|party6=2 other parties |votes6=167 |votes6_2=223 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=0 |totseats6=0

|invalid=229 |invalid2=324

|electorate=19472 |electorate2=19472

}}

References

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