Mohokare Local Municipality

Mohokare Municipality (

Sesotho word for the Caledon River, which runs through the municipality.^[4]

Main places

The

Place	Code	Area (km²)	Population	Most spoken language
Goedemoed	[1]	6.04	537	Afrikaans
Matlakeng	[2]	2.97	13,714	Sotho
Mofulatshepe	[3]	1.39	3,584	Sotho
Roleleathunya	[4]	2.99	5,955	Sotho
Rouxville	[5]	17.02	1,355	Sotho
Smithfield	[6]	34.11	1,195	Sotho
Zastron	[7]	19.73	1,893	Sotho
Remainder of the municipality	[8]	8,691/73	5,912	Sotho

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by

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 eight seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.^[6]


Party		Ward			List			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Independent candidates	1,074	12.26	1				1
	Freedom Front Plus	382	4.36	0	384	4.43	1	1
	3 other parties	46	0.52	0	110	1.27	0	0
Total		8,763	100.00	7	8,666	100.00	6	13

Valid votes		8,763	97.78		8,666	96.89
Invalid/blank votes		199	2.22		278	3.11
Total votes		8,962	100.00		8,944	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,838	50.24		17,838	50.14

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ South African Languages - Place names
^ "Census 2011: Local Municipality: Mohokare".
^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mohokare". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2021-11-20.