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Lejweleputswa District Municipality

The Lejweleputswa District Municipality (; ; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Welkom. As of 2011, a majority of its 657,019 residents speak Sotho. The district code is DC18. Lejweleputswa is a Sesotho word meaning "grey rock".

Neighbours

Lejweleputswa is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for Lejweleputswa in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 418 466 [63.69% of total population]
  • Total votes: 234 060 [35.62% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 55.93% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Corruption

In August 2025, the ANC Provincial Executive Committee resolved to fire all its leaders in underperforming local municipality to address governance failures, corruption, and service delivery challenges ahead of the 2026 local elections. Lejweleputsa was one of those affected.

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