Emakhazeni Local Municipality

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Emakhazeni
Local municipality
Emakhazeni CoA.png
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Map of Mpumalanga with Emakhazeni highlighted.svg
Location in Mpumalanga
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Nkangala
Seat Belfast
Wards 8
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorThomas Diphepheng Ngwenya
Area
 • Total4,736 km2 (1,829 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total47,216
 • Density10.0/km2 (26/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 87.2%
 •  Coloured 1.2%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.7%
 •  White 10.8%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Swazi 28.3%
 •  Zulu 21.8%
 •  Southern Ndebele 18.7%
 •  Afrikaans 10.7%
 • Other20.5%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP314

Emakhazeni Municipality (Swazi : Masipaladi wase Makhazeni; Zulu : UMasipala wase Makhazeni; Southern Ndebele : UMasipaladi weMakhazeni; Afrikaans : Emakhazeni Munisipaliteit) formerly Highlands Municipality, is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Belfast (also known as eMakhazeni).

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Main places

The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Belfast 80.04,564 Afrikaans
Dullstroom 30.4558 English
Emgwenya 38.886,178 Swazi
eNtokozweni 33.178,835Swazi
Machadodorp 25.61106Swazi
Sakhelwe 1.864,664 Northern Sotho
Siyathuthuka 3.3312,159 Zulu
Waterval Boven 1.547Swazi
Remainder of the municipality 4,576.3210,146 Southern Ndebele

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 ten seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 7,90263.9087,96163.93210
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,34818.9902,35618.9233
Democratic Alliance 1,73414.0201,72113.8222
Independent candidates 280.2300
2 other parties3542.8604153.3300
Total12,366100.00812,453100.00715
Valid votes12,36698.5612,45398.62
Invalid/blank votes1811.441741.38
Total votes12,547100.0012,627100.00
Registered voters/turnout26,48647.3726,48647.67

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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. ↑ "Census 2011: Local Municipality: Emakhazeni".
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Emakhazeni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

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