Masilonyana Local Municipality
Masilonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa. The name is a Setswana word meaning "freedom".
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Beatrix Mine | 0.17 | 2,492 | Sotho | |
| Boipatong | 0.31 | 1,501 | Sotho | |
| Brandfort | 3.20 | 1,516 | Afrikaans | |
| Fora | 0.05 | 530 | Sotho | |
| Ikgomotseng | 1.07 | 2,254 | Tswana | |
| Joel Mine | 0.11 | 728 | Sotho | |
| Lusaka | 1.40 | 6,110 | Sotho | |
| Majwemasweu | 2.50 | 10,328 | Sotho | |
| Makeleketla | 1.35 | 6,629 | Sotho | |
| Masilo | 3.02 | 14,903 | Sotho | |
| Star Diamond Mine | 0.11 | 212 | Sotho | |
| Theunissen | 15.11 | 1,667 | Afrikaans | |
| Tshepong | 0.54 | 1,710 | Sotho | |
| Verkeerdevlei | 1.22 | 151 | Afrikaans | |
| Winburg | 70.22 | 3,371 | Sotho | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 6,696.44 | 10,304 | Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of twelve seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.