Pixley ka Seme Local 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°E / -26.550; 29.167Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167
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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seventeen 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 17,283 17,481 34,764 77.8 11 6 17
Democratic Alliance 2,344 2,405 4,749 10.6 0 2 2
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,348 1,419 2,767 6.2 0 1 1
Inkatha Freedom Party 412 486 898 2.0 0 1 1
Freedom Front Plus 331 389 720 1.6 0 0 0
Independent 478 – 478 1.1 0 – 0
African Christian Democratic Party 142 147 289 0.7 0 0 0
Total 22,338 22,327 44,665 100.0 11 10 21
Spoilt votes 488 497 985

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: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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