Mbombela Local Municipality

Mbombela
Local municipality

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Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°E / -25.417; 30.917Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°E / -25.417; 30.917
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Ehlanzeni
Seat Nelspruit
Wards 39
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Cathrine Dlamini
Area
 • Total 5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 588,794
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 89.4%
 • Coloured 0.9%
 • Indian/Asian 0.7%
 • White 8.7%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Swazi 78.7%
 • Afrikaans 6.8%
 • English 4.6%
 • Tsonga 4.1%
 • Other 5.8%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP322

Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Broedershoek 815010.60265Swazi
Gutshwa 81502179.9434,388Swazi
Hazyview 815034.691,287Afrikaans
KaBokweni 815044.4912,949Swazi
Kanyamazane 8150515.3336,020Swazi
Khamagugu 815061.571,890Swazi
Lomshiyo 8150716.72815Swazi
Masoyi 8150860.8854,172Swazi
Mataffin 8150930.183,723Swazi
Matsulu 8151011.6437,792Swazi
Mbuyane 8151288.6957,213Swazi
Mdluli 8151321.222,753Swazi
Mpakeni 8151483.7124,066Swazi
Msogwaba 8151537.8382,509Swazi
Nakambeni 815160.23721Swazi
Nelspruit 8151746.4721,540Afrikaans
Ngodini 815180.11367Swazi
Ngodwana 815191.14759Afrikaans
Nkambeni 81520120.7246,746Swazi
Nsikazi Part 1 8152142.351,411Swazi
Nsikazi Part 2 815251.01118Swazi
Rocky Drift 815223.18150Afrikaans
Wendywood 815230.3057English
Witrivier 8152423.158,211Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 815112,529.4644,904Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of seventy-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-nine wards, while the remaining thirty-nine 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 sixty-six 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 121,576 123,376 244,952 84.8 35 31 66
Democratic Alliance 18,890 18,559 37,449 13.0 4 6 10
African Christian Democratic Party 1,638 492 2,130 0.7 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress 736 476 1,212 0.4 0 1 1
Congress of the People 601 602 1,203 0.4 0 0 0
African People's Convention 481 588 1,069 0.4 0 0 0
Freedom Front Plus 407 381 788 0.3 0 0 0
Total 144,329 144,474 288,803 100.0 39 39 78
Spoilt votes 1,680 1,388 3,068

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. ↑ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mbombela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mbombela" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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