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Matjhabeng Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Matjhabeng; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Matjhabeng; Afrikaans: Matjhabeng Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. The municipality includes Welkom, Virginia, Odendaalsrus and Allanridge. [4]
Masilonyana Local Municipality: FS181 Lejweleputswa Theunissen: 6,618 62,770 9.5 Matjhabeng Local Municipality: FS184 Lejweleputswa Welkom: 5,690 429,113 75.4 Metsimaholo Local Municipality: FS204 Fezile Dabi Sasolburg: 1,717 163,564 95.3 Mohokare Local Municipality: FS163 Xhariep Zastron: 8,776 35,840 4.1 Moqhaka Local Municipality: FS201 ...
Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city's Sesotho name, Matjhabeng means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho , Malawi and Mozambique etc. met to work in the mines of the gold fields .
On 5 December 2000, Odendaalrus was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality along with the city of Welkom and the towns of Allanridge, Hennenman, Ventersburg and Virginia. Odendaalsrus celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012. It is a town located on the Goldfields close to a couple of mines, and a large Harcos farm producing ...
In 1903, Ventersburg became a municipality. On 5 December 2000 it was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality along with the city of Welkom and the towns of Allanridge, Hennenman, Odendaalsrus, and Virginia. Under apartheid, many black residents lived outside Ventersburg in Mmamahabane, an extra-municipal township. The location has ...
It became a municipality on 21 December 1956 but this changed on the 5 December 2000 when it was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality with the city of Welkom and the towns of Hennenman, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg and Virginia. The Phathakahle township is 3 km outside of Allanridge.
Pages in category "Local municipalities of the Lejweleputswa District Municipality" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Matjhabeng Local Municipality council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Thirty-six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-six wards, while the remaining thirty-six are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.