Local Municipalities

Kopanong Local Municipality

The Kopanong Municipal area is situated in the southern Free State. It has the largest surface area of the three local municipalities in the Xhariep district, covering 15 190 square kilometres (44, 5%).

The nine towns situated in Kopanong are;

  • Trompsburg (Municipal Head Office)
  • Bethulie
  • Edenburg
  • Fauresmith
  • Gariep Dam
  • Jagersfontein
  • Philippolis
  • Springfontein and
  • Reddersburg.

Letsemeng Local Municipality

The Letsemeng Local Municipality is situated in the south-western Free State and forms parts of the Xhariep district. It has a surface area of 10 192 square kilometres, which is 29, 8% of the total Xhariep surface area.

The five towns situated in Letsemeng are;

  • Koffiefontein (2.33 km2)
  • Jacobsdal (60.36 km2)
  • Luckhoff (30.52 km2)
  • Oppermansgronde (335.18 km2) and
  • Petrusburg (22.1 km2)

Farmland constitutes 9730.22 km2 of the geographical municipal area.

Mohokare Local Municipality

The Mohokare Local Municipal area is situated in the south-eastern Free State and forms part of the Xhariep district municipality. It measures 8 748, 53 km2.The towns in the Mohokare Municipal area are Zastron, Smithfield and Rouxville. The municipality shares a border with Lesotho, with a distance of approximately 35km towards the border gate at the Makhaleng Bridge. It also shares provincial borders with the Eastern Cape, Ukhahlamba District, through the Maletswayi and Senqu Local Municipalities.

Naledi Local Municipality

The Naledi Municipality is located in the eastern highland of the region and a border gate to Lesotho is just 7 km from Wepener. The local municipal area measures 11 933.24 km2.and comprises the former TLCs of Dewetsdorp, Wepener, Van Stadensrus, as well as a part of the former South East, Central South and Bloemarea District TRCs. The area is traversed by the N8 Maloti Tourism Route and the R26 route. The Naledi Municipality is a largely rural community with almost a third of its land used for farming cattle, sheep and grain. The municipality was incorporated into the Xhariep District following the 2011 local government elections. The major towns that form part of Naledi are Dewetsdorp, Wepener and Vanstadensrus.