City of Mbombela Local Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 25°25′S30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Ehlanzeni |
Seat | Mbombela |
Wards | 45 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sibusiso Mathonsi (African National Congress) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 588,794 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 89.4% |
• Coloured | 0.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 8.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Swazi | 78.7% |
• Afrikaans | 6.8% |
• English | 4.6% |
• Tsonga | 4.1% |
• Other | 5.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP322 |
Mbombela Municipality (Swazi : Masipaladi wase Mbombela) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati word meaning "a lot of people in a small space". [3]
At the time of the 2016 municipal elections, Umjindi Local Municipality was disestablished and merged into the Mbombela Local Municipality. [4] [1] So, the town of Barberton is now part of the Mbombela Local Municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Broedershoek | 81501 | 0.60 | 265 | Swazi |
Gutshwa | 81502 | 179.94 | 34,388 | Swazi |
Hazyview | 81503 | 4.69 | 1,287 | Afrikaans |
KaBokweni | 81504 | 4.49 | 12,949 | Swazi |
Kanyamazane | 81505 | 15.33 | 36,020 | Swazi |
Khamagugu | 81506 | 1.57 | 1,890 | Swazi |
Lomshiyo | 81507 | 16.72 | 815 | Swazi |
Masoyi | 81508 | 60.88 | 54,172 | Swazi |
Mataffin | 81509 | 30.18 | 3,723 | Swazi |
Matsulu | 81510 | 11.64 | 37,792 | Swazi |
Mbuyane | 81512 | 88.69 | 57,213 | Swazi |
Mdluli | 81513 | 21.22 | 2,753 | Swazi |
Mpakeni | 81514 | 83.71 | 24,066 | Swazi |
Msogwaba | 81515 | 37.83 | 82,509 | Swazi |
Nakambeni | 81516 | 0.23 | 721 | Swazi |
Mbombela | 81517 | 46.47 | 21,540 | Afrikaans |
Ngodini | 81518 | 0.11 | 367 | Swazi |
Ngodwana | 81519 | 1.14 | 759 | Afrikaans |
Nkambeni | 81520 | 120.72 | 46,746 | Swazi |
Nsikazi Part 1 | 81521 | 42.35 | 1,411 | Swazi |
Nsikazi Part 2 | 81525 | 1.01 | 118 | Swazi |
Rocky Drift | 81522 | 3.18 | 150 | Afrikaans |
Wendywood | 81523 | 0.30 | 57 | English |
White River | 81524 | 23.15 | 8,211 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 81511 | 2,529.46 | 44,904 | Swazi |
The municipal council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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-nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election. [6]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 82,923 | 64.50 | 41 | 84,658 | 65.92 | 18 | 59 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 18,780 | 14.61 | 0 | 18,948 | 14.76 | 14 | 14 | |
Democratic Alliance | 17,386 | 13.52 | 4 | 17,406 | 13.55 | 8 | 12 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 4,221 | 3.28 | 0 | 4,137 | 3.22 | 3 | 3 | |
Independent candidates | 2,596 | 2.02 | 0 | 0 | ||||
African Christian Democratic Party | 1,101 | 0.86 | 0 | 1,141 | 0.89 | 1 | 1 | |
African Transformation Movement | 947 | 0.74 | 0 | 1,001 | 0.78 | 1 | 1 | |
5 other parties | 609 | 0.47 | 0 | 1,126 | 0.88 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 128,563 | 100.00 | 45 | 128,417 | 100.00 | 45 | 90 | |
Valid votes | 128,563 | 98.73 | 128,417 | 98.58 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,655 | 1.27 | 1,844 | 1.42 | ||||
Total votes | 130,218 | 100.00 | 130,261 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 318,116 | 40.93 | 318,116 | 40.95 |
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