Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality
The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat is Witsieshoek. As of 2011, a majority of its 725,932 residents spoke Sesotho. The district code is DC19
Geography
Neighbours
Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by:- Fezile Dabi to the north
- Lejweleputswa to the west
- Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east
- Amajuba in Kwa-Zulu Natal to the east
- Uthukela to the south-east
- The kingdom of Lesotho to the south
- Mangaung Metro to the south-west
Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Maluti-a-Phofung | 335 784 | 45.61% | Sotho |
| Dihlabeng | 128 704 | 17.48% | Sotho |
| Setsoto | 112 597 | 15.29% | Sotho |
| Nketoana | 60 324 | 8.19% | Sotho |
| Mantsopa | 51 056 | 6.93% | Sotho |
| Phumelela | 47 772 | 6.49% | Zulu |
| Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 1 | 0.01% |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.| Language | Population | % |
| Sesotho | 570 076 | 78.55% |
| IsiZulu | 75 410 | 10.39% |
| Afrikaans | 43 226 | 5.96% |
| English | 14 646 | 2.02% |
| IsiXhosa | 4 106 | 0.57% |
| Setswana | 2 380 | 0.33% |
| IsiNdebele | 1 595 | 0.22% |
| Sepedi | 761 | 0.10% |
| Xitsonga | 429 | 0.06% |
| SiSwati | 323 | 0.04% |
| Tshivenda | 224 | 0.03% |
Politics
Election results
Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the 2019 South African general election.| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 163 473 | 68.6% |
| Democratic Alliance | 30 562 | 12.8% |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 26 805 | 11.3% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 5 537 | 2.3% |
| African Transformation Movement | 2 516 | 1.1% |
| African Content Movement | 1 106 | 0.5% |
| African Independent Congress | 1 085 | 0.5% |
| Congress of the People | 930 | 0.4% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 813 | 0.3% |
| Other parties | 9 414 | 2.2% |
| Total | 242 241 | 100.00% |