Victor Khanye Local Municipality

Victor Khanye
Local municipality

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Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°10′S 28°45′E / 26.167°S 28.750°E / -26.167; 28.750Coordinates: 26°10′S 28°45′E / 26.167°S 28.750°E / -26.167; 28.750
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Nkangala
Seat Delmas
Wards 9
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Evah Makhabane
Area
 • Total 1,568 km2 (605 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 75,452
 • Density 48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 82.3%
 • Coloured 1.1%
 • Indian/Asian 0.3%
 • White 16.0%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 36.0%
 • Southern Ndebele 25.4%
 • Afrikaans 15.9%
 • Sotho 3.9%
 • Other 18.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP311

Victor Khanye Local Municipality (formerly Delmas Local Municipality) is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Delmas Local Municipality is Delmas. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Botleng 808015.0930,793Zulu
Delmas 8080513.413,496Afrikaans
Eloff 8080311.151,391Afrikaans
Sundra 8080471.383,252Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 808021,466.2117,275Southern Ndebele

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 eleven seats on the council.

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

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
African National Congress 11,588 11,935 23,523 65.1 8 3 11
Democratic Alliance 3,773 3,764 7,537 20.9 1 3 4
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,779 1,831 3,610 10.0 0 2 2
Freedom Front Plus 515 492 1,007 2.8 0 0 0
Independent 469 – 469 1.3 0 – 0
Total 18,124 18,022 36,146 100.0 9 8 17
Spoilt votes 399 399 798

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. ↑ Auditor-General urges South Africa’s mayors to lead the drive towards clean administration by 2014
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Delmas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Delmas" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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