Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality

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Pixley Ka Seme
Local municipality
Pixley Ka Seme CoA.png
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Map of Mpumalanga with Pixley ka Seme highlighted.svg
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°33′S29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Seat Volksrust
Wards 11
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorPhalaborwa Vincent Malatsi
Area
 • Total5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total83,235
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 90.5%
 •  Coloured 0.6%
 •  Indian/Asian 1.2%
 •  White 7.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Zulu 82.8%
 •  Afrikaans 6.8%
 •  English 2.3%
 •  Sotho 2.2%
 • Other5.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP304

Pixley Ka Seme Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala iPixley ka Seme) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.

Contents

The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amersfoort 80401 2.371,405 Zulu
Daggakraal 80402 45.9717,352Zulu
eSizameleni 80403 1.384,875Zulu
eZamokuhle 80404 6.666,933Zulu
Perdekop 80405 1.882,304Zulu
Siyazenzela 80407 0.42889Zulu
Volksrust 80408 20.905,676 Afrikaans
Vukuzakhe 80409 3.7214,792Zulu
Wakkerstroom 80410 5.89775Zulu
Witkoppie 80411 13.44177Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 80406 5,125.3525,556Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 thirteen seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 9,95360.511110,13560.89213
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,34314.2402,52915.1933
Democratic Alliance 1,4728.9501,4618.7822
Forum for Service Delivery 6103.7105673.4111
Inkatha Freedom Party 5223.1705993.6011
African People's Movement 4782.9104352.6111
Independent candidates 2421.4700
5 other parties8285.0309195.5200
Total16,448100.001116,645100.001021
Valid votes16,44897.7916,64597.44
Invalid/blank votes3722.214372.56
Total votes16,820100.0017,082100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,76744.5437,76745.23

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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 — Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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