Mbombela Local Municipality
Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".[4]
City of Mbombela Local Municipality | |
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![]() Location in Mpumalanga | |
Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Ehlanzeni |
Seat | Mbombela |
Wards | 45 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Sibusiso Mathonsi (African National Congress) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 588,794 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 89.4% |
• Coloured | 0.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 8.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Swazi | 78.7% |
• Afrikaans | 6.8% |
• English | 4.6% |
• Tsonga | 4.1% |
• Other | 5.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP322 |
Merger with Umjindi
At the time of the 2016 municipal elections, Umjindi Local Municipality was disestablished and merged into the Mbombela Local Municipality.[5][1] So, the town of Barberton is now part of the Mbombela Local Municipality.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Broedershoek | 81501 | 0.60 | 265 | Swazi |
Gutshwa | 81502 | 179.94 | 34,388 | Swazi |
Hazyview | 81503 | 4.69 | 1,287 | Afrikaans |
KaBokweni | 81504 | 4.49 | 12,949 | Swazi |
Kanyamazane | 81505 | 15.33 | 36,020 | Swazi |
Khamagugu | 81506 | 1.57 | 1,890 | Swazi |
Lomshiyo | 81507 | 16.72 | 815 | Swazi |
Masoyi | 81508 | 60.88 | 54,172 | Swazi |
Mataffin | 81509 | 30.18 | 3,723 | Swazi |
Matsulu | 81510 | 11.64 | 37,792 | Swazi |
Mbuyane | 81512 | 88.69 | 57,213 | Swazi |
Mdluli | 81513 | 21.22 | 2,753 | Swazi |
Mpakeni | 81514 | 83.71 | 24,066 | Swazi |
Msogwaba | 81515 | 37.83 | 82,509 | Swazi |
Nakambeni | 81516 | 0.23 | 721 | Swazi |
Nelspruit | 81517 | 46.47 | 21,540 | Afrikaans |
Ngodini | 81518 | 0.11 | 367 | Swazi |
Ngodwana | 81519 | 1.14 | 759 | Afrikaans |
Nkambeni | 81520 | 120.72 | 46,746 | Swazi |
Nsikazi Part 1 | 81521 | 42.35 | 1,411 | Swazi |
Nsikazi Part 2 | 81525 | 1.01 | 118 | Swazi |
Rocky Drift | 81522 | 3.18 | 150 | Afrikaans |
Wendywood | 81523 | 0.30 | 57 | English |
White River | 81524 | 23.15 | 8,211 | Afrikaans |
Remainder of the municipality | 81511 | 2,529.46 | 44,904 | Swazi |
Politics
The municipal council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 sixty-nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 142,226 | 142,127 | 284,353 | 76.2 | 41 | 28 | 69 | |
Democratic Alliance | 26,008 | 25,913 | 51,921 | 13.9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 12,414 | 12,807 | 25,221 | 6.8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Residence Association of South Africa | 2,132 | 2,177 | 4,309 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 1,593 | 1,442 | 3,035 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ACDP | 688 | 719 | 1,407 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 1,093 | – | 1,093 | 0.3 | 0 | – | 0 | |
African People's Convention | 318 | 754 | 1,072 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pan Africanist Congress | 312 | 250 | 562 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
IFP | 0 | 163 | 163 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 186,784 | 186,352 | 373,136 | 100.0 | 45 | 45 | 90 | |
Spoilt votes | 2,180 | 2,207 | 4,387 |
References
- "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- South African Languages - Place names Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- http://mpumalanganews.co.za/268278/municipalities-to-merge-after-elections/
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mbombela/Umjindi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Mbombela/Umjindi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 March 2017.