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Metsimaholo

ANC

Largest Party

ANC

Coalition leader

AIC

Current Mayor

N/A

Changes of Mayors

The Metsimaholo Local Municipality is a Category B municipality located within the Fezile Dabi District of the Free State Province.

The municipality is the smallest of four municipalities in the district, making up 8% of its geographical area. The municipality was established in 2000 through the amalgamation of the then Sasolburg, Deneysville and Oranjeville Transitional Local Councils.

General Information

The dominance of Sasolburg, owing to its population density and its proximity to the economically active City of Johannesburg, provides the area with the opportunity of being declared the head office of the entire Metsimaholo Municipality. Metsimaholo means ‘big water’ in Sesotho.Metsimaholo Local Municipality, like all other municipalities in South Africa, has to use Integrated Development Planning as a method to plan future development in its areas. Integrated Development Planning is an approach to local government planning that was developed with an objective to ensure developmental municipalities and also to overcome the poor planning arrangements of the past. The apartheid planning left us with towns that:

Composition of Council

There are about 46 seats in council , with seven political parties represented in council. The ANC is a leading party with about 16 seats, followed by the DA and EFF seating at 12 respectively. FF Plus is seating at 3, while the rest of the political parties in council are seating at 1.

Key Positions

Name

Party

Position

Cllr. Jack Malindi

AIC

Mayor

Cllr. Lucas Fisher

ANC

Speaker

Cllr. Selloane Motjeane

EFF

CORPORATE SERVICES

Cllr. Lindiwe Tshongwe

ANC

FINANCE, IDP & PMS

Cllr. Mosiuoa Poho

ANC

MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNICAL SERVICES

Cllr. Lefa Nhlapo

EFF

PUBLIC SAFETY, SECURITY, TRAFFIC & DISASTER

Cllr. Dotlhare Mofokeng

MCA

SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

Cllr. Lebohang Makhefu

ANC

HUMAN SETTLEMENT

Cllr. Mapule Mofokeng

ANC

PARKS & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Cllr. Mokoma Masiteng

EFF

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Cllr. Leetoane Tsotetsi

EFF

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Historical Timeline

The mayor is entitled to receive reports from committees of the municipal council and to forward these reports together with a recommendation to the council when the matter cannot be disposed of by the executive Mayor in terms of the executive mayor’s delegated powers.
The aim of the Office of the Speaker is to structure the two functions of a Municipal Council, i.e. its legislative function and its executive function. The Speaker presides at meetings of the Council and performs the duties and exercises the powers delegated to the Speaker. These duties include: Ensuring that Council meets at least quarterly; Maintaining order during meetings; must ensure; Ensuring compliance in the Council and Council committees with the Code of Conduct of Councillors; and Ensuring that Council meetings are conducted in accordance with the rules and orders of the Council.

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