Moqhaka Local Municipality


Moqhaka Municipality is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. In 2022, the population was 155,410 with a total area of 7925 km². The seat is Kroonstad. Moqhaka is the Sesotho word for "crown".

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Kroonstad232.0423,992Afrikaans
Maokeng12.6267,929Sotho
Matlwangtlwang1.596,441Sotho
Rammulutsi4.0324,578Sotho
Steynsrus1.661,192Afrikaans
Vaal Reefs Mine12.045,050Sotho
Vierfontein2.84832Afrikaans
Viljoenskroon13.732,514Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality7,619.3835,362Sotho

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-two wards, while the remaining twenty-two 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 twenty-two seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Curruption

In August 2025, the ANC Provincial Executive Committee resolved to fire its leaders in all underperforming local governments to address governance failures, corruption, and service delivery challenges ahead of the 2026 local elections. Moqhaka Local Municipality was among those municipalities affected after years of corruption and maladministration.