Emalahleni Ezinambeni | |
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Enambeni | |
Coordinates: 26°0′S29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Nkangala |
Seat | eMalahleni |
Wards | 34 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Connie Kantshalintshali (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi) |
Population (2023) [2] | |
• Total | 395,466 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2023) | |
• Black African | 81.3% |
• White | 15.7% |
• Coloured | 1.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• IsiZulu | 38.6% |
• Afrikaans | 14.9% |
• Sepedi | 11.3% |
• IsiNdebele | 8.9% |
• SiSwati | 5.8% |
• English | 5.6% |
• Xitsonga | 3.5% |
• Sesotho | 3.2% |
• IsiXhosa | 3.1% |
• Other | 4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP312 |
Emalahleni Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Malahleni; Afrikaans : Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal. [4]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Boschmans Colliery | 80901 | 0.63 | 3 | Xhosa |
Clewer | 80902 | 36.52 | 2,657 | Zulu |
Coalville | 80903 | 1.33 | 154 | Afrikaans |
Cologne | 80904 | 0.45 | 120 | Zulu |
Coronation | 80905 | 0.96 | 6 | Southern Ndebele |
eMalahleni | 80948 | 240.39 | 61,093 | Afrikaans |
Greenside Colliery | 80907 | 10.86 | 1,314 | Afrikaans |
Hlalanikahle | 80908 | 4.38 | 27,092 | Zulu |
Ikageng | 80909 | 0.46 | 311 | Zulu |
Kendal | 80910 | 32.65 | 285 | Zulu |
Khutala Colliery | 80911 | 0.58 | 0 | - |
Klarinet | 80912 | 0.52 | 195 | Northern Sotho |
Klipplaat | 80913 | 0.14 | 249 | Zulu |
Klippoortjie | 80914 | 0.99 | 382 | Zulu |
Kriel | 80915 | 37.87 | 11,695 | Afrikaans |
KwaGuqa Part 1 | 80916 | 1.87 | 8,005 | Northern Sotho |
KwaGuqa Part 2 | 80918 | 8.57 | 67,461 | Zulu |
KwaGuqa Part 3 | 80919 | 0.09 | 189 | Zulu |
KwaGuqa Part 4 | 80920 | 0.21 | 1,997 | Northern Sotho |
KwaGuqa Part 5 | 80917 | 0.05 | 510 | Northern Sotho |
Landau Colliery | 80921 | 4.71 | 1,707 | Zulu |
Lehlaka Park | 80922 | 1.85 | 2,867 | Zulu |
Lekama | 80923 | 0.48 | 283 | Zulu |
Madressa | 80924 | 0.63 | 189 | Zulu |
Matla Coal Mine | 80925 | 1.04 | 1,207 | Xhosa |
Naauwpoort | 80926 | 0.50 | 1,782 | Zulu |
New Largo | 80927 | 26.50 | 797 | Zulu |
Ogies | 80928 | 1.50 | 897 | Afrikaans |
Pambili | 80929 | 0.43 | 108 | Northern Sotho |
Paxton | 80930 | 1.00 | 1,410 | Zulu |
Phoenix Colliery | 80931 | 2.69 | 99 | Afrikaans |
Phola | 80932 | 3.26 | 22,864 | Zulu |
Pine Ridge | 80933 | 1.07 | 898 | English |
Reedstream Park | 80934 | 1.19 | 905 | Zulu |
Rethabile | 80935 | 1.12 | 762 | Xhosa |
Rietspruit Opencast Mine | 80936 | 51.22 | 292 | Southern Ndebele |
Saaiwater | 80937 | 0.12 | 270 | Zulu |
Soetvelde | 80938 | 0.21 | 118 | Zulu |
Springbok | 80939 | 0.90 | 369 | Afrikaans |
Tavistock Colliery | 80940 | 0.66 | 0 | - |
Thubelihle | 80941 | 0.96 | 5,746 | Zulu |
Travistock South | 80943 | 0.47 | 307 | Afrikaans |
Travistock | 80942 | 0.47 | 709 | Zulu |
Tweefontein | 80944 | 0.93 | 650 | Afrikaans |
Vandyksdrif | 80945 | 2.56 | 2,010 | Sotho |
Voltargo | 80946 | 0.43 | 237 | Zulu |
Vosman | 80947 | 2.15 | 13,126 | Zulu |
Witbank Consolidated Colliery | 80949 | 0.13 | 249 | Tsonga |
Witcons | 80950 | 0.63 | 184 | Afrikaans |
Wolwekrans | 80951 | 1.40 | 463 | Afrikaans |
Zaaiwater | 80952 | 0.23 | 21 | Southern Ndebele |
Remainder of the municipality | 80906 | 2,182.06 | 31,209 | Zulu |
The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 thirty-five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election. [5]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 36,302 | 50.33 | 28 | 36,665 | 50.83 | 7 | 35 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 14,536 | 20.15 | 0 | 14,994 | 20.79 | 14 | 14 | |
Democratic Alliance | 13,276 | 18.41 | 6 | 13,198 | 18.30 | 7 | 13 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 4,039 | 5.60 | 0 | 3,944 | 5.47 | 4 | 4 | |
Independent candidates | 1,778 | 2.46 | 0 | 0 | ||||
African Independent Congress | 614 | 0.85 | 0 | 780 | 1.08 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 664 | 0.92 | 0 | 635 | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | |
10 other parties | 923 | 1.28 | 0 | 1,921 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 72,132 | 100.00 | 34 | 72,137 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 | |
Valid votes | 72,132 | 98.22 | 72,137 | 98.10 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,307 | 1.78 | 1,398 | 1.90 | ||||
Total votes | 73,439 | 100.00 | 73,535 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 186,763 | 39.32 | 186,763 | 39.37 |
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The Emalahleni Local Municipality council consists of thirty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seventeen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seventeen wards, while the remaining seventeen 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 twenty-eight seats.
The Emalahleni Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga in South Africa. The council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 thirty-five seats.