Msukaligwa Local Municipality

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Msukaligwa
Local municipality
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Location in Mpumalanga
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Seat Ermelo
Wards 19
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorJoseph Sipho Bongwe
Area
 • Total6,016 km2 (2,323 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total149,377
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 88.1%
 •  Coloured 0.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.1%
 •  White 9.8%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Zulu 72.6%
 •  Afrikaans 9.8%
 •  Swazi 8.5%
 •  English 3.5%
 • Other5.6%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP302

Msukaligwa Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Msukaligwa; Afrikaans : Msukaligwa Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Ermelo 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
Breyten 80201 2.754,591 Zulu
Camden 80202 4.78752Zulu
Davel 80203 1.6187Zulu
Ermelo 80204 25.4811,596Zulu
Kwachibikhulu 80205 0.242,490Zulu
KwaDela 80206 0.493,548Zulu
KwaZanele 80207 1.907,493Zulu
Lothair 80208 6.9793Zulu
Phumula 80210 2.5616,295Zulu
Selindile 80211 1.055,340Zulu
Sheepmoor 80212 1.681,229Zulu
Wesselton 80213 8.3423,443Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 80209 5,958.5647,832Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 twenty-four seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 16,33459.461816,99262.55624
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,67617.0204,67617.2177
Democratic Alliance 2,6729.7312,76310.1734
Freedom Front Plus 1,6776.1001,5465.6922
Independent candidates 1,2534.5600
African Christian Democratic Party 3261.1903701.3611
5 other parties5331.9408193.0100
Total27,471100.001927,166100.001938
Valid votes27,47197.9027,16696.71
Invalid/blank votes5892.109233.29
Total votes28,060100.0028,089100.00
Registered voters/turnout69,66240.2869,66240.32

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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
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Msukaligwa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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