Setsoto Local Municipality
Setsoto Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. Setsoto is a Sesotho word meaning "beauty". The seat is Ficksburg. Other towns include Senekal, Clocolan and Marquard. The municipality is rich in agriculture and is known for producing cherries.
The first mayor was Ms M.Molete and the current is Ms Seipati Mbiwe.
Main places
The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Clocolan | 15.76 | 1,349 | Afrikaans | |
| Ficksburg | 50.35 | 5,400 | Afrikaans | |
| Hlohlolwane | 3.21 | 16,253 | Sotho | |
| Marquard | 7.30 | 1,033 | Afrikaans | |
| Matwabeng | 3.65 | 22,076 | Sotho | |
| Meqheleng | 4.13 | 35,848 | Sotho | |
| Moemaneng | 1.86 | 14,469 | Sotho | |
| Senekal | 32.88 | 3,466 | Sotho | |
| Setsoto/Willem Pretorius Game Reserve | 130.11 | 185 | Sotho | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 5,712.13 | 12,519 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member [proportional representation]. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining sixteen 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|election of 1 November 2021] the African National Congress won a majority of seventeen seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.