Msukaligwa Local Municipality

Msukaligwa Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Ermelo is the seat of the municipality.

Msukaligwa
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatErmelo
Wards19
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJoseph Sipho Bongwe
Area
 • Total6,016 km2 (2,323 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total149,377
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African88.1%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian1.1%
 • White9.8%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu72.6%
 • Afrikaans9.8%
 • Swazi8.5%
 • English3.5%
 • Other5.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP302

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Breyten802012.754,591Zulu
Camden802024.78752Zulu
Davel802031.6187Zulu
Ermelo8020425.4811,596Zulu
Kwachibikhulu802050.242,490Zulu
KwaDela802060.493,548Zulu
KwaZanele802071.907,493Zulu
Lothair802086.9793Zulu
Phumula802102.5616,295Zulu
Selindile802111.055,340Zulu
Sheepmoor802121.681,229Zulu
Wesselton802138.3423,443Zulu
Remainder of the municipality802095,958.5647,832Zulu

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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 30,07130,24960,32074.8181129
Democratic Alliance 5,4525,42110,87313.5145
Economic Freedom Fighters 3,1653,0876,2527.8033
Freedom Front Plus 7617071,4681.8011
IFP 1902284180.5000
African People's Convention 1722284000.4000
ACDP 1721653370.4000
Congress of the People 1641352990.4000
Sindawonye Progressive Party 481261740.2000
Pan Africanist Socialist Movement of Azania 5241930.1000
Total 40,24740,38780,634100.0191938
Spoilt votes 5665401,106

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: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

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