Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality

Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.

Not to be confused with Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.
Pixley Ka Seme
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatVolksrust
Wards11
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPhalaborwa Vincent Malatsi
Area
 • Total5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total83,235
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African90.5%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian1.2%
 • White7.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu82.8%
 • Afrikaans6.8%
 • English2.3%
 • Sotho2.2%
 • Other5.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP304

The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amersfoort804012.371,405Zulu
Daggakraal8040245.9717,352Zulu
eSizameleni804031.384,875Zulu
eZamokuhle804046.666,933Zulu
Perdekop804051.882,304Zulu
Siyazenzela804070.42889Zulu
Volksrust8040820.905,676Afrikaans
Vukuzakhe804093.7214,792Zulu
Wakkerstroom804105.89775Zulu
Witkoppie8041113.44177Zulu
Remainder of the municipality804065,125.3525,556Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 seventeen seats on the council.

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

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 17,28317,48134,76477.811617
Democratic Alliance 2,3442,4054,74910.6022
Economic Freedom Fighters 1,3481,4192,7676.2011
IFP 4124868982.0011
Freedom Front Plus 3313897201.6000
Independent 478–4781.10–0
ACDP 1421472890.7000
Total 22,33822,32744,665100.0111021
Spoilt votes 488497985

In a by-election held on 18 October 2017, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[6] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

Party WardPR listTotal
ANC 10616
Democratic Alliance 022
Economic Freedom Fighters 011
Independent 1–1
IFP 011
Total 111021

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: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. "By-elections: Poll upset for ANC in Mpumalanga but KZN remains solid". Daily Maverick. 19 October 2017.
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