Tokologo Local Municipality


Tokologo Municipality is a Local [municipality (South Africa)|local municipality] within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State (South [African province)|Free State] province of South Africa. Tokologo is a Setswana word meaning "freedom".

Main places

The South [African National Census of 2001|2001 census] divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Boshof91.933,843Tswana
Dealesville0.93361Afrikaans
Hertzogville1.46438Afrikaans
Malebogo1.336,409Tswana
Seretse0.714,465Tswana
Tswaraganang0.543,270Tswana
Remainder of the municipality9,228.7613,663Tswana

Politics

The municipal council consists of eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in four wards, while the remaining four 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|elections of 1 November 2021] the African National Congress won a majority of 8 seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.

Maladministration

As of January 2024, the municipality is under administration, one of 32 in the country, and three in the Free State where the provincial executive has intervened due to maladministration