Mkhondo Local Municipality

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Mkhondo
Local municipality
Mkhondo CoA.png
Seal
Map of Mpumalanga with Mkhondo highlighted.svg
Location in Mpumalanga
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Seat Piet Retief
Wards 19
Government
[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • MayorNgelosi Ndlovu
Area
 • Total4,882 km2 (1,885 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
 • Total171,982
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 •  Black African 94.7%
 •  Coloured 0.5%
 •  Indian/Asian 0.8%
 •  White 3.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 •  Zulu 89.1%
 •  Afrikaans 3.5%
 •  English 2.4%
 •  Swazi 1.8%
 • Other3.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP303

Mkhondo Municipality (Zulu : UMasipala wase Mkhondo) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Piet Retief 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
Amsterdam 80301 4.361,452 Swati
Dirkiesdorp 80302 3.30523Zulu
Driefontein 80303 53.6515,319Zulu
Ethandakukhanya 80304 8.4924,867Zulu
KwaNgema 80305 12.131,003Zulu
KwaThandeka 80306 2.915,085Zulu
Ngema 80308 86.103,539Zulu
Piet Retief 80309 55.4113,052Zulu
Shabalala 80310 13.71807Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 80307 4,628.8477,246Zulu

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-one seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress 15,04350.571617,04857.52521
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,94416.6205,85619.7677
Democratic Alliance 2,6348.8513,11510.5134
Independent candidates 4,47315.0422
Inkatha Freedom Party 8122.7301,1143.7611
Freedom Front Plus 7962.6801,0273.4711
African Transformation Movement 4781.6106702.2611
National Freedom Party 2280.7703931.3311
2 other parties3411.1504131.3900
Total29,749100.001929,636100.001938
Valid votes29,74997.8829,63696.23
Invalid/blank votes6452.121,1603.77
Total votes30,394100.0030,796100.00
Registered voters/turnout70,52243.1070,52243.67

Political assassinations

The municipality was described as "the epicentre of political assassinations" after a number of assassinations. In 2022, Sbonelo Mthembu accused former mayor Vusi Motha of having assassinated African National Congress regional secretary Gert Sibande. Mthembu himself was later assassinated. Motha stated that he had intended to sue Mthembu for defamation. [5]

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The Mkhondo Local Municipality is a Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The 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-one seats.

References

  1. ↑ "Mkhondo Local Municipality - Council & Management". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  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 — Mkhondo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  5. ↑ Yende, Sizwe sama. "Mkhondo: Mpumalanga's new epicentre of political assassinations". City Press. Retrieved 2024-01-08.

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