It is derived from the migrant labour system where people from various countries like Lesotho, Mozambique, etc.

[6] An enquiry led by the MEC Mosebenzi Zwane blamed the losses on the municipal manager Ben Malakoane and his predecessor Thabo Pietersen.

Zwane's report slated Malakoane as "grossly negligent", "undermining the rule of law" and engaging in contracts "without due process", but premier Ace Magashule referred to the duo as his "comrades".

[4] The municipality covers an area of 5,155 square kilometres (1,990 sq mi) in the goldfields of the central Free State, north of Bloemfontein and south of Kroonstad.

[8] In the western part of the municipality there is a string of mining towns that runs from northwest to southeast: Allanridge (pop.

The municipal council consists of seventy-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.