Thabo Mofutsanyana is one of the 5
districts
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of the
Free State province of
South Africa
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. The seat of Thabo Mofutsanyana is
Witsieshoek
Phuthaditjhaba (formerly Witsieshoek or Qwaqwa) is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. Phuthaditjhaba is a seSotho name that means ''meeting place of the tribes''. It is located on the banks of the Elands River.Sesotho
Sotho () or Sesotho () or Southern Sotho is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken primarily by the Basotho in Lesotho, where it is the national and official language; South Africa (particularly the Free ...
(2001
Census
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). The district code is DC19
Geography
Neighbours
Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by:
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Fezile Dabi to the north (DC20)
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Gert Sibande
Richard "Gert" Sibande (born 1907 near Ermelo, Mpumalanga, died 1987) was a South African political activist. He was one of the ANC co-accused to stand trial in the treason trial of 1956-61 alongside Nelson Mandela and 154 others.
Sibande played ...
in
Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30)
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Amajuba in
Kwa-Zulu Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
to the east (DC25)
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Uthukela
uThukela is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of uThukela is the city of Ladysmith. The majority of its 668,848 people speak IsiZulu (2011 Census). The district code is DC23.
Geography Neighbours
uT ...
to the south-east (DC23)
* The kingdom of
Lesotho
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to the south
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Mangaung Metro to the south-west
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Lejweleputswa to the west (DC18)
Local municipalities
The district contains the following
local municipalities:
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
.
Gender
Ethnic group
Politics
Election results
Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the
2019 South African general election.
* Registered voters: 398 412
* Total votes: 242 241
* Voting turnout: 60.8%
References
External links
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{{Municipalities of the Free State
District municipalities of the Free State (province)
Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality