Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Thabo Mofutsanyana; Zulu: UMasipala wesiFunda iThabo Mofutsanyana) 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

Thabo Mofutsanyane
District municipality
Seal
Location of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality within Free State
Coordinates: 28°32′S 28°49′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Seat	Phuthaditjhaba
Local municipalities	List Setsoto Dihlabeng Maluti-a-Phofung Nketoana Phumelela Mantsopa
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Connie Msibi (ANC)
Area
• Total	33,269 km2 (12,845 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	736,238
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	93.8%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	4.8%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Sotho	78.5%
• Zulu	10.4%
• Afrikaans	6.0%
• English	2.0%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC19

Geography

Neighbours

Thabo Mofutsanyana is surrounded by:

• Fezile Dabi to the north (DC20)
• Lejweleputswa to the west (DC18)
• Gert Sibande in Mpumalanga to the north-east (DC30)
• Amajuba in Kwa-Zulu Natal to the east (DC25)
• Uthukela to the south-east (DC23)
• 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%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	393 068	53.39%
Male	343 170	46.61%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	690 340	93.77%
White	35 517	4.82%
Coloured	6 188	0.84%
Indian/Asian	2 881	0.39%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Thabo Mofutsanyana in the 2019 South African general election.

• Registered voters: 398 412
• Total votes: 242 241
• Voting turnout: 60.8%

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%