Albert Luthuli Local Municipality
Albert Luthuli Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, Grass and Wetlands region, of Mpumalanga. It was named after Albert Luthuli. Carolina is the seat of the municipality.
Albert Luthuli | |
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![]() Location in Mpumalanga | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Gert Sibande |
Seat | Carolina |
Wards | 25 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Busisiwe Shiba |
Area | |
• Total | 5,559 km2 (2,146 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 186,010 |
• Density | 33/km2 (87/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 97.6% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 1.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Swazi | 57.0% |
• Zulu | 34.8% |
• English | 2.0% |
• Afrikaans | 1.6% |
• Other | 4.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP301 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Badplaas | 80102 | 0.86 | 276 | Swazi, Afrikaans |
Bhevula | 80103 | 11.91 | 4,092 | Swazi |
Carolina | 80104 | 18.69 | 2,952 | Afrikaans, Zulu |
Diepgezet | 80105 | 4.89 | 229 | Swazi |
Duma | 80106 | 28.80 | 1,760 | Zulu |
Eerstehoek | 80107 | 638.65 | 41,780 | Zulu |
Ekulundeni | 80108 | 1.49 | 4,490 | Swazi |
Embhuleni | 80109 | 63.37 | 45,249 | Swazi |
Emfumbeni | 80110 | 24.29 | 1,314 | Zulu |
Emjindini | 80111 | 12.41 | 1,202 | Swazi |
Empuluzi | 80112 | 0.28 | 3 | Swazi |
Enikakuyengwa | 80113 | 73.34 | 9,235 | Swazi |
Lukwatini | 80114 | 4.86 | 5,181 | Swazi |
Mandlamakhulu | 80115 | 17.87 | 1,067 | Swazi |
Mpisikazi | 80116 | 49.57 | 19,415 | Zulu |
Mpuluzi | 80117 | 7.84 | 11,855 | Zulu |
Ndlela | 80118 | 14.56 | 3,012 | Swazi |
Sandleni | 80119 | 27.06 | 544 | Zulu |
Silobela | 80120 | 1.97 | 9,167 | Zulu |
Steynsdorp | 80121 | 1.14 | 585 | Swazi |
Tshabalala | 80122 | 2.32 | 3,296 | Zulu |
Remainder of the municipality | 80101 | 4,566.75 | 21,242 | Swazi |
Politics
The municipal council consists of forty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-five wards, while the remaining twenty-four 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 44,803 | 45,465 | 90,168 | 83.5 | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,481 | 4,311 | 8,792 | 8.1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Democratic Alliance | 1,717 | 1,990 | 3,707 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
African People's Convention | 899 | 971 | 1,870 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
IFP | 461 | 588 | 1,049 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 939 | – | 939 | 0.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 244 | 219 | 463 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Congress of the People | 266 | 180 | 446 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ACDP | 159 | 153 | 312 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ubuntu Party | 116 | 143 | 259 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 54,085 | 53,920 | 108,005 | 100.0 | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
Spoilt votes | 782 | 828 | 1,610 |
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.