Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality

Not to be confused with Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.
Pixley Ka Seme
Local municipality

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Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°ECoordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Seat Volksrust
Wards 11
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Phalaborwa Vincent Malatsi
Area
 • Total 5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 83,235
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 90.5%
 • Coloured 0.6%
 • Indian/Asian 1.2%
 • White 7.4%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 82.8%
 • Afrikaans 6.8%
 • English 2.3%
 • Sotho 2.2%
 • Other 5.9%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP304

Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.

The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amersfoort 804012.371,405Zulu
Daggakraal 8040245.9717,352Zulu
eSizameleni 804031.384,875Zulu
eZamokuhle 804046.666,933Zulu
Perdekop 804051.882,304Zulu
Siyazenzela 804070.42889Zulu
Volksrust 8040820.905,676Afrikaans
Vukuzakhe 804093.7214,792Zulu
Wakkerstroom 804105.89775Zulu
Witkoppie 8041113.44177Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 804065,125.3525,556Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 15,094 15,305 30,399 74.5 10 6 16
Democratic Alliance 2,860 2,873 5,733 14.1 1 2 3
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 1,315 1,110 2,425 5.9 0 1 1
Inkatha Freedom Party 721 520 1,241 3.0 0 1 1
Freedom Front Plus 384 172 556 1.4 0 0 0
National Freedom Party 54 258 312 0.8 0 0 0
Pan Africanist Congress 17 93 110 0.3 0 0 0
Total 20,445 20,331 40,776 100.0 11 10 21
Spoilt votes 595 689 1,284

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, age in 5 year groups and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Table: Census 2011 by district council, gender, language and population group". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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