Nala Local Municipality is an administrative area in the
Lejweleputswa District of the
Free State in
South Africa
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. The name is
Sesotho
Sotho () or Sesotho () or Southern Sotho is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken primarily by the Basotho in Lesotho, where it is the national and official language; South Africa (particularly the Free ...
for "affluence or plenty". It is derived from the maize belt and economic prosperity of the area.
Main places
The
2011 census divided the municipality into the following
main places:
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-four members elected by
mixed-member proportional representation. Twelve councillors are elected by
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
in twelve
wards, while the remaining twelve are chosen from
party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the
election of 1 November 2021 the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
(ANC) lost its majority, winning twelve of the twenty-four seats.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
References
External links
* http://www.nala.org.za/
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Local municipalities of the Lejweleputswa District Municipality