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:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Kroonstad | 232.04 | 23,992 | Afrikaans | |
| Maokeng | 12.62 | 67,929 | Sotho | |
| Matlwangtlwang | 1.59 | 6,441 | Sotho | |
| Rammulutsi | 4.03 | 24,578 | Sotho | |
| Steynsrus | 1.66 | 1,192 | Afrikaans | |
| Vaal Reefs Mine | 12.04 | 5,050 | Sotho | |
| Vierfontein | 2.84 | 832 | Afrikaans | |
| Viljoenskroon | 13.73 | 2,514 | Afrikaans | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 7,619.38 | 35,362 | Sotho |
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.