Masilonyana Local Municipality
Masilonyana Municipality is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Masilonyana is a Setswana word meaning "freedom".
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Brandfort | 27.08 | 3,134 | Afrikaans | |
| Ikgomotseng | 1.14 | 3,253 | Tswana | |
| Majemasweu | 2.79 | 9,765 | Sotho | |
| Makeleketla | 3.69 | 12,701 | Sotho | |
| Masilo | 4.70 | 21,963 | Sotho | |
| Theunissen | 9.15 | 1,549 | Afrikaans | |
| Tshepong | 0.61 | 2,042 | Sotho | |
| Verkeerdevlei | 7.27 | 93 | Afrikaans | |
| Winburg | 63.46 | 1,373 | Afrikaans | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 6,676.18 | 7,461 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 won a majority of eleven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.