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
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatCarolina
Wards25
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorBusisiwe Shiba
Area
 • Total5,559 km2 (2,146 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total186,010
 • Density33/km2 (87/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African97.6%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White1.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Swazi57.0%
 • Zulu34.8%
 • English2.0%
 • Afrikaans1.6%
 • Other4.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP301

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Badplaas801020.86276Swazi, Afrikaans
Bhevula8010311.914,092Swazi
Carolina8010418.692,952Afrikaans, Zulu
Diepgezet801054.89229Swazi
Duma8010628.801,760Zulu
Eerstehoek80107638.6541,780Zulu
Ekulundeni801081.494,490Swazi
Embhuleni8010963.3745,249Swazi
Emfumbeni8011024.291,314Zulu
Emjindini8011112.411,202Swazi
Empuluzi801120.283Swazi
Enikakuyengwa8011373.349,235Swazi
Lukwatini801144.865,181Swazi
Mandlamakhulu8011517.871,067Swazi
Mpisikazi8011649.5719,415Zulu
Mpuluzi801177.8411,855Zulu
Ndlela8011814.563,012Swazi
Sandleni8011927.06544Zulu
Silobela801201.979,167Zulu
Steynsdorp801211.14585Swazi
Tshabalala801222.323,296Zulu
Remainder of the municipality801014,566.7521,242Swazi

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]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 44,80345,46590,16883.5251641
Economic Freedom Fighters 4,4814,3118,7928.1044
Democratic Alliance 1,7171,9903,7073.4022
African People's Convention 8999711,8701.7011
IFP 4615881,0491.0011
Independent 939–9390.90–0
Freedom Front Plus 2442194630.4000
Congress of the People 2661804460.4000
ACDP 1591533120.3000
Ubuntu Party 1161432590.2000
Total 54,08553,920108,005100.0252449
Spoilt votes 7828281,610

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

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