Victor Khanye | |
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Coordinates: 26°10′S28°45′E / 26.167°S 28.750°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Nkangala |
Seat | Delmas |
Wards | 9 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Vusi Buda |
Area | |
• Total | 1,568 km2 (605 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 75,452 |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 82.3% |
• Coloured | 1.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 16.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 36.0% |
• Southern Ndebele | 25.4% |
• Afrikaans | 15.9% |
• Sotho | 3.9% |
• Other | 18.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP311 |
Victor Khanye Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala iVictor Khanye; Southern Ndebele : UMasipaladi weVictor Khanye; Afrikaans : Victor Khanye Munisipaliteit), formerly Delmas Municipality, is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat is Delmas. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration. [3]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [4]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Botleng | 80801 | 5.09 | 30,793 | Zulu |
Delmas | 80805 | 13.41 | 3,496 | Afrikaans |
Eloff | 80803 | 11.15 | 1,391 | Afrikaans |
Sundra | 80804 | 71.38 | 3,252 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 80802 | 1,466.21 | 17,275 | Southern Ndebele |
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 nine 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 | 8,997 | 51.28 | 8 | 9,437 | 53.32 | 1 | 9 | |
African Voice Progressive Party | 3,268 | 18.63 | 0 | 3,264 | 18.44 | 3 | 3 | |
Democratic Alliance | 2,823 | 16.09 | 1 | 2,814 | 15.90 | 2 | 3 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,063 | 6.06 | 0 | 1,130 | 6.38 | 1 | 1 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 754 | 4.30 | 0 | 744 | 4.20 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 396 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2 other parties | 243 | 1.39 | 0 | 310 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 17,544 | 100.00 | 9 | 17,699 | 100.00 | 8 | 17 | |
Valid votes | 17,544 | 98.21 | 17,699 | 98.31 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 319 | 1.79 | 304 | 1.69 | ||||
Total votes | 17,863 | 100.00 | 18,003 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 34,548 | 51.70 | 34,548 | 52.11 |
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The Victor Khanye Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga in South Africa. The council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 nine seats.