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Xhariep District Municipality

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Getting to know your Executive Mayor

Clr Irene Mehlomakulu hails from Matlakeng, Zastron in the Mohokare Local Municipality and she is a committed mother to Luyolo and Mpho who are growing very well. Clr Mehlomakulu was recognized by the ANC Youth League for her activism at secondary school level and her vigorous part as a gender activist working on women abuse, HIV/Aids and health issues in civil society movements. Clr Irene Mehlomakulu was elected the Executive Mayor at the council meeting held on Friday, the 23rd November 2021 in Trompsburg, Xhariep District Municipality.

Clr Irene Mehlomakulu was part of the first crop of the cadres of community development recruited in 2004 working under Department of Local Government and Housing and later the Department of Premier in the Free State. While she was serving as the ANC Youth League Regional Secretary in 2009, she was deployed to work in the Office of the Executive Mayor as the Youth Development Coordinator responsible for coordination and integration of youth programmes, projects and services into the Integrated Development Plan of the Xhariep District Municipality.

Her experience and long-standing record of selflessness earned her the responsibility of being appointed the Member of Mayoral Committee: Planning and Social Development after 2011 Local Government Elections. In 2016, Clr Mehlomakulu also served as the Mayor/Speaker of the Mohokare Local Municipality and focus on championing women struggles in the region. She was also part of SALGA Women Commission, and now the SALGA Free State Chairperson Electricity and Energy Provision Working Group. Clr Irene Mehlomakulu also served as the ANC Women’s League Regional Coordinator until to date.

Clr Irene Mehlomakulu holds a NQF Level 4 in Community Development Work and has completed her bachelor’s degree in public management with Regenesys Business School. She attended various training in local government finances, management and administration. The election of Clr Irene Mehlomakulu as the Executive Mayor of the Xhariep District Municipality is an affirmation that things will not be the same again, “we will enable all residents of the Xhariep District Municipality to have the opportunity to be free, equal and have the right to improve their quality of life” said the Executive Mayor in her inaugural speech on the 23rd November 2021.

Cllr N.I Mehlomakulu
Executive Mayor

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Xhariep District Municipality | Administration

Ms. LY Moletsane

Municipal Manager


Mr. Oupa Abraham Kale

Planning and Social development


Mr. Mbulelo Aven Jafta

Director Corporate Services

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Our Local Municipalities​




Letsemeng Local Municipality


Letsemeng 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%). Nine towns form part of Kopanong.




Letsemeng Local Municipality


Letsemeng Local Municipality

Letsemeng , stems from the Sesotho word “letsema”. In the olden days when the people of the homesteads had to cultivate their crops, they would prepare food and traditional beer and invite other families to come and help them without any remuneration. The name is chosen for its symbolic meaning and seeks to inculcate the spirit of co-operation and working together to achieve goals.




Mohokare Local Municipal


Mohokare Local Municipal

The Mohokare Local Municipal area is situated in the south-eastern Free State and forms part of the Xhariep district municipality. The towns in the Mohokare Municipal area are Zastron, Smithfield and Rouxville. Zastron/Matlakeng serves as the municipal administrative seat within the Mohokare Local Municipality. It is situated approximately 158 km east of Trompsburg and an estimated 181 km southeast of Bloemfontein.

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