Nkomazi Local Municipality

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Nkomazi
Local municipality
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Map of Mpumalanga with Nkomazi highlighted.svg
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°40′S31°40′E / 25.667°S 31.667°E / -25.667; 31.667
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Ehlanzeni
Seat Malalane
Wards 33
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorPhindile Magagula (ANC)
Area
 • Total4,787 km2 (1,848 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total390,610
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 97.7%
 •  Coloured 0.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.3%
 •  White 1.6%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Swazi 88.5%
 •  Tsonga 6.8%
 •  Afrikaans 1.4%
 •  English 1.1%
 • Other2.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP324

Nkomazi Municipality (Swazi : Masipaladi wase Nkomazi) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Malalane is the seat of the municipality.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Albertsnek 81701 0.02108 Swazi
Barberton 81702 12.281,814Swazi
Hectorspruit 81703 2.97309 Afrikaans
Hoyi 81704 57.1310,777Swazi
Inyoni 81705 0.13748 Tsonga
Kamhlushwa 81706 0.612,078Swazi
Komatipoort 81707 5.521,443Afrikaans
Lugedlane 81708 123.7929,816Swazi
Malalane 81709 14.232,241Afrikaans
Marloth Park 81710 17.70469Afrikaans
Matsamo Part 1 81711 392.15105,277Swazi
Matsamo Part 2 81718 1.113,659Swazi
Mawewe 81712 238.6221,038Swazi
Mhlaba 81713 80.2717,376Swazi
Mlambo 81714 282.6229,372Swazi
Siboshwa 81716 160.5871,719Swazi
Strathmore Mine 81717 4.26343Swazi
Remainder of the municipality 81715 1,833.8735,837Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. [4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 53,50269.613358,12175.891750
Economic Freedom Fighters 9,23612.02011,08514.4799
Democratic Alliance 4,1915.4504,2835.5944
Independent candidates 7,5049.7600
African Transformation Movement 7240.9407731.0111
Freedom Front Plus 6300.8206820.8911
8 other parties1,0691.3901,6402.1400
Total76,856100.003376,584100.003265
Valid votes76,85698.2376,58498.02
Invalid/blank votes1,3881.771,5501.98
Total votes78,244100.0078,134100.00
Registered voters/turnout172,78345.28172,78345.22

By-elections from November 2021

The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021. A number of ANC councillors were expelled by the party after working with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to elect Johan Mkhatshwa, former mayor and the top-ranked ANC candidate on the proportional list, elected as mayor. The ANC candidates won both available seats in the August by-elections, although the party received less than 50% of the votes in ward 10. [5] [6] The EFF won the October by-election in ward 11, its first ward win in the province. [7]

DateWardParty of the previous councillorParty of the newly elected councillor
31 August 202210 African National Congress African National Congress
31 August 202213 African National Congress African National Congress
19 October 202211 African National Congress Economic Freedom Fighters

Others

Nkomazi municipality is home to giant processors of sugar cane the Selati Company and to various coal mines.The municipality has a gate to the country's biggest National park, The Kruger National Park.

Nkomazi Municipality serve as a link between Mozambique and South Africa at the Lebombo border.There are also multiple border posts between South Africa and Swaziland.

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Nkomazi". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa".
  6. ↑ Sussman, Wayne (1 September 2022). "AUGUST BY-ELECTIONS: EFF edges closer but ANC retains seat in tricky Mpumalanga test". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Sussman, Wayne (20 October 2022). "OCTOBER BY-ELECTION: EFF stuns ANC in Nkomazi with landslide victory and first win in Mpumalanga to date". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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