Phumelela Local Municipality
Phumelela Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Phumelela means "to succeed" in isiZulu.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Memel | 6.56 | 469 | Afrikaans | |
| Thembalihle | 2.33 | 15,952 | Zulu | |
| Vrede | 54.69 | 1,482 | Afrikaans | |
| Warden | 11.84 | 1,063 | Afrikaans | |
| Zamani | 4.28 | 5,008 | Zulu | |
| Zenzeleni | 5.15 | 5,720 | Zulu | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 7,463.21 | 21,209 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixteen members elected by mixed-member [proportional representation]. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining eight 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 reduced majority of eleven seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.