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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-one 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 28,041 28,467 56,508 81.1 17 14 31
Democratic Alliance 4,904 4,771 9,675 13.9 2 3 5
Freedom Front Plus 738 471 1,209 1.7 0 1 1
Congress of the People 332 355 687 1.0 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress 325 286 611 0.9 0 0 0
National Freedom Party 160 323 483 0.7 0 0 0
Inkatha Freedom Party 206 176 382 0.5 0 0 0
Federal Congress 44 91 135 0.2 0 0 0
Total 34,750 34,940 69,690 100.0 19 19 38
Spoilt votes 674 533 1,207

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 3 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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

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