Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality which governs

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and surrounding towns in the Free State province of

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. Mangaung is a

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name meaning "place of cheetahs", as it was not uncommon for the Basotho to name warrior regiments after ferocious animals. Before the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, Mangaung was a local municipality under the

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. In the 2021 South African municipal elections, held on 1 November 2021, the

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won 51 out of 100 seats on the Metro Council, while the Democratic Alliance won 26 seats and Economic Freedom Fighters won 12 seats.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of one hundred members elected by

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. Fifty councillors are elected by

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in fifty wards, while the remaining fifty are chosen from

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s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections of 1 November 2021 the

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(ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Mayors of Mangaung

The following people have served as the Executive Mayor of the municipality since its founding in 2000: *

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(ANC), 2001–2005 *

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(acting) (ANC), 2005–2006 * Getrude Mothupi (ANC), 2006–2008 * France Kosinyane "Playfair" Morule (ANC), 2008–2011 * Thabo Manyoni (ANC), 2011–2016 *

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(ANC), 2016–2020 *

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(acting) (ANC), 2020–16 August 2021 *

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(ANC), 16 August 2021–present

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities of the Free State (province) Metropolitan Municipalities of South Africa