Mbombela Local Municipality

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City of Mbombela Local Municipality
Local municipality
Mbombela CoA.png
Seal
Map of Mpumalanga with Mbombela highlighted.svg
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°25′S30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°E / -25.417; 30.917
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Ehlanzeni
Seat Mbombela
Wards 45
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorSibongile Makhushe-Mazibuko (African National Congress)
Area
 • Total5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total588,794
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 89.4%
 •  Coloured 0.9%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.7%
 •  White 8.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Swazi 78.7%
 •  Afrikaans 6.8%
 •  English 4.6%
 •  Tsonga 4.1%
 • Other5.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP322

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]

Contents

Merger with Umjindi

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.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Broedershoek 81501 0.60265 Swazi
Gutshwa 81502 179.9434,388Swazi
Hazyview 81503 4.691,287 Afrikaans
KaBokweni 81504 4.4912,949Swazi
Kanyamazane 81505 15.3336,020Swazi
Khamagugu 81506 1.571,890Swazi
Lomshiyo 81507 16.72815Swazi
Masoyi 81508 60.8854,172Swazi
Mataffin 81509 30.183,723Swazi
Matsulu 81510 11.6437,792Swazi
Mbuyane 81512 88.6957,213Swazi
Mdluli 81513 21.222,753Swazi
Mpakeni 81514 83.7124,066Swazi
Msogwaba 81515 37.8382,509Swazi
Nakambeni 81516 0.23721Swazi
Mbombela 81517 46.4721,540Afrikaans
Ngodini 81518 0.11367Swazi
Ngodwana 81519 1.14759Afrikaans
Nkambeni 81520 120.7246,746Swazi
Nsikazi Part 1 81521 42.351,411Swazi
Nsikazi Part 2 81525 1.01118Swazi
Rocky Drift 81522 3.18150Afrikaans
Wendywood 81523 0.3057 English
White River 81524 23.158,211Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 81511 2,529.4644,904Swazi

Politics

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]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 82,92364.504184,65865.921859
Economic Freedom Fighters 18,78014.61018,94814.761414
Democratic Alliance 17,38613.52417,40613.55812
Freedom Front Plus 4,2213.2804,1373.2233
Independent candidates 2,5962.0200
African Christian Democratic Party 1,1010.8601,1410.8911
African Transformation Movement 9470.7401,0010.7811
5 other parties6090.4701,1260.8800
Total128,563100.0045128,417100.004590
Valid votes128,56398.73128,41798.58
Invalid/blank votes1,6551.271,8441.42
Total votes130,218100.00130,261100.00
Registered voters/turnout318,11640.93318,11640.95

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The Mbombela Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was formed in 2016 after the merger of the Umjindi Local Municipality and the former Mbombela municipality. The 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 twenty 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "The Local Government Handbook" . Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ South African Languages - Place names Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Municipalities to merge after elections". 17 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbombela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
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