Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga

For the municipality in the Eastern Cape, see Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape.
Emalahleni
Local municipality

Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°E / -26.000; 29.167Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°E / -26.000; 29.167
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Nkangala
Seat Witbank
Wards 34
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Salome Sithole
Area
 • Total 2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 395,466
 • Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 81.3%
 • Coloured 1.7%
 • Indian/Asian 0.9%
 • White 15.7%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 39.2%
 • Afrikaans 15.2%
 • Northern Sotho 11.4%
 • Southern Ndebele 9.0%
 • Other 25.2%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP312

Emalahleni Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Emalahleni is an isiZulu and isiNdebele name meaning coal.[4]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Boschmans Colliery 809010.633Xhosa
Clewer 8090236.522,657Zulu
Coalville 809031.33154Afrikaans
Cologne 809040.45120Zulu
Coronation 809050.966Southern Ndebele
Greenside Colliery 8090710.861,314Afrikaans
Hlalanikahle 809084.3827,092Zulu
Ikageng 809090.46311Zulu
Kendal 8091032.65285Zulu
Khutala Colliery 809110.580 -
Klarinet 809120.52195Northern Sotho
Klipplaat 809130.14249Zulu
Klippoortjie 809140.99382Zulu
Kriel 8091537.8711,695Afrikaans
KwaGuqa Part 1 809161.878,005Northern Sotho
KwaGuqa Part 2 809188.5767,461Zulu
KwaGuqa Part 3 809190.09189Zulu
KwaGuqa Part 4 809200.211,997Northern Sotho
KwaGuqa Part 5 809170.05510Northern Sotho
Landau Colliery 809214.711,707Zulu
Lehlaka Park 809221.852,867Zulu
Lekama 809230.48283Zulu
Madressa 809240.63189Zulu
Matla Coal Mine 809251.041,207Xhosa
Naauwpoort 809260.501,782Zulu
New Largo 8092726.50797Zulu
Ogies 809281.50897Afrikaans
Pambili 809290.43108Northern Sotho
Paxton 809301.001,410Zulu
Phoenix Colliery 809312.6999Afrikaans
Phola 809323.2622,864Zulu
Pine Ridge 809331.07898English
Reedstream Park 809341.19905Zulu
Rethabile 809351.12762Xhosa
Rietspruit Opencast Mine 8093651.22292Southern Ndebele
Saaiwater 809370.12270Zulu
Soetvelde 809380.21118Zulu
Springbok 809390.90369Afrikaans
Tavistock Colliery 809400.660 -
Thubelihle 809410.965,746Zulu
Travistock South 809430.47307Afrikaans
Travistock 809420.47709Zulu
Tweefontein 809440.93650Afrikaans
Vandyksdrif 809452.562,010Sotho
Voltargo 809460.43237Zulu
Vosman 809472.1513,126Zulu
Witbank Consolidated Colliery 809490.13249Tsonga
Witbank 80948240.3961,093Afrikaans
Witcons 809500.63184Afrikaans
Wolwekrans 809511.40463Afrikaans
Zaaiwater 809520.2321Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality 809062,182.0631,209Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 forty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[6][7]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 62,664 63,587 126,251 71.2 28 21 49
Democratic Alliance 22,572 22,404 44,976 25.4 6 12 18
Freedom Front Plus 785 677 1,462 1.7 0 1 1
Congress of the People 341 453 794 0.5 0 0 0
Independent 723 – 723 0.4 0 – 0
Azanian People's Organisation 300 392 692 0.4 0 0 0
African People's Convention 293 394 687 0.4 0 0 0
African Christian Democratic Party 352 296 648 0.4 0 0 0
Pan Africanist Congress 261 289 550 0.3 0 0 0
African Christian Alliance 159 122 281 0.2 0 0 0
National Freedom Party 30 159 189 0.1 0 0 0
Total 88,480 88,773 177,253 100.0 34 34 68
Spoilt votes 1,105 1,046 2,151

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emalahleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Emalahleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

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