Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga.
Thaba Chweu Municipality - Graskop Administration Unit
Thaba Chweu | |
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.svg.png.webp) Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Ehlanzeni |
| Seat | Lydenburg |
| Wards | 14 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 98,387 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 81.6% |
| • Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 14.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 36.2% |
| • Swazi | 17.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 15.2% |
| • Zulu | 7.7% |
| • Other | 23.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP321 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graskop | 81401 | 1.57 | 2,326 | Afrikaans |
| Lydenburg | 81402 | 26.12 | 6,858 | Afrikaans |
| Mashishing | 81403 | 4.19 | 16,185 | Northern Sotho |
| Pilgrim's Rest | 81404 | 15.28 | 16,251 | Northern Sotho |
| Sabie | 81405 | 78.81 | 5,674 | Afrikaans |
| Simile | 81406 | 0.94 | 6,265 | Swazi |
| Remainder of the municipality | 81407 | 5,553.77 | 27,679 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 2016 election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 16,722 | 17,000 | 33,722 | 62.0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 6,556 | 6,606 | 13,162 | 24.2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,963 | 2,016 | 3,979 | 7.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bushbuckridge Residents Association | 459 | 763 | 1,222 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 463 | 487 | 950 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 515 | – | 515 | 1.0 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 143 | 132 | 275 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 103 | 97 | 200 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 99 | 72 | 171 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 71 | 94 | 165 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 27,094 | 27,267 | 54,361 | 100.0 | 14 | 13 | 27 | |
| Spoilt votes | 613 | 425 | 1,038 | |||||
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.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thaba Chweu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Thaba Chweu" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga | ||
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District seat: Mbombela | ||
| Mbombela | .svg.png.webp) Ehlanzeni District within South Africa | |
| Nkomazi | ||
| Thaba Chweu | ||
| Umjindi | ||
| Bushbuckridge | ||
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