Msukaligwa Local Municipality

Msukaligwa
Local municipality

Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Seat Ermelo
Wards 19
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Joseph Sipho Bongwe
Area
 • Total 6,016 km2 (2,323 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 149,377
 • Density 25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 88.1%
 • Coloured 0.6%
 • Indian/Asian 1.1%
 • White 9.8%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 72.6%
 • Afrikaans 9.8%
 • Swazi 8.5%
 • English 3.5%
 • Other 5.6%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP302

Msukaligwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Ermelo is the Seat of the municipality.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Breyten 802012.754,591Zulu
Camden 802024.78752Zulu
Davel 802031.6187Afrikaans
Ermelo 8020425.4811,596Afrikaans
Kwachibikhulu 802050.242,490Zulu
KwaDela 802060.493,548Zulu
KwaZanele 802071.907,493Zulu
Lothair 802086.9793Zulu
Phumula 802102.5616,295Zulu
Selindile 802111.055,340Zulu
Sheepmoor 802121.681,229Zulu
Wesselton 802138.3423,443Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 802095,958.5647,832Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-nine 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 30,071 30,249 60,320 74.8 18 11 29
Democratic Alliance 5,452 5,421 10,873 13.5 1 4 5
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,165 3,087 6,252 7.8 0 3 3
Freedom Front Plus 761 707 1,468 1.8 0 1 1
Inkatha Freedom Party 190 228 418 0.5 0 0 0
African People's Convention 172 228 400 0.4 0 0 0
African Christian Democratic Party 172 165 337 0.4 0 0 0
Congress of the People 164 135 299 0.4 0 0 0
Sindawonye Progressive Party 48 126 174 0.2 0 0 0
Pan Africanist Socialist Movement of Azania 52 41 93 0.1 0 0 0
Total 40,247 40,387 80,634 100.0 19 19 38
Spoilt votes 566 540 1,106

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167

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