Mohokare Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the

Xhariep District Municipality The Xhariep District Municipality (; ; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The municipality is the largest in the Free State geographically and is known for its vast land. It is home to the largest dam in the co ...

, in the Free State province of

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. ''Mohokare'' is the

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word for the

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, which runs through the municipality.

Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by

mixed-member proportional representation Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a type of representation provided by some mixed electoral system, mixed electoral systems which combine local Winner-take-all system, winner-take-all elections with a Compensation (el ...

. Six councillors are elected by

first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

in six wards, while the remaining five are chosen from

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s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the

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the

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(ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.

Financial mismanagement

In January 2025, the municipality was listed as one of the top ten municipalities in arrears on their pension contributions.

References

External links

* http://www.mohokare.gov.za/ {{coord, 30, 17, 57, S, 27, 05, 36, E, region:ZA_type:adm3rd_source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Local municipalities of the Xhariep District Municipality