Mafube Local Municipality
Mafube | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Free State | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Fezile Dabi |
| Seat | Frankfort |
| Wards | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Jabulani Sigasa (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,971 km2 (1,533 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 61,150 |
| • Density | 15.40/km2 (39.88/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 92.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.5% |
| • White | 7.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 64.4% |
| • Zulu | 20.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 8.3% |
| • Xhosa | 1.7% |
| • Other | 4.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | FS205 |
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".