Mafube Local Municipality

Mafube
Official seal of Mafube
Location in the Free State
Location in the Free State
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictFezile Dabi
SeatFrankfort
Wards9
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJabulani Sigasa (ANC)
Area
 • Total3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total57,876
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African91.9%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White7.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho64.4%
 • Zulu20.9%
 • Afrikaans8.3%
 • Xhosa1.7%
 • Other4.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeFS205

Mafube Municipality (Sotho: Masepala wa Mafube; Zulu: UMasipala wase Mafube) is a local municipality within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

Mafube is a Sesotho word meaning "dawning of the new day".[4]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names