Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Thembisile Hani Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is a semi-urban local Municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 (five) established townships.

Thembisile Hani
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeateMpumalanga
Wards32
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNdaweni Mahlangu
Area
 • Total2,384 km2 (920 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total310,458
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Southern Ndebele58.5%
 • Northern Sotho12.6%
 • Zulu12.5%
 • Sotho4.8%
 • Other11.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP315

The municipality is named after Thembisile Chris Hani, Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who was assassinated on 10 April 1993.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Ekangala812015.611,509Zulu
KwaMhlanga Part 181202254.7271,756Southern Ndebele
KwaMhlanga Part 2812155.916,085Southern Ndebele
Mabusa National Park81203100.6499Sotho
Mkobola81204320.15107,560Southern Ndebele
Moutse 3812051.681,788Northern Sotho
Sokhulumi812060.33610Southern Ndebele
Thokoza812082.274,459Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein North8121012.0720,722Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein South8121113.9124,407Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein8120923.2645Northern Sotho
Vezubuhle812125.2610,399Southern Ndebele
Vlakfontein812130.76548Southern Ndebele
Wolvenkop812141.342,161Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality812071,761.836,704Southern Ndebele

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
ANC 62,26162,427124,68874.7321749
Economic Freedom Fighters 11,42311,70023,12313.8099
Democratic Alliance 4,0594,0828,1414.9033
Independent 2,708–2,7081.60–0
Sindawonye Progressive Party 1,0941,2542,3481.4011
African Independent Congress 501,5431,5931.0011
African People's Convention 3606059650.6011
Others 1,6601,7973,4572.1000
Total 83,61583,408167,023100.0323264
Spoilt votes 1,6841,8003,484

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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Thembisile" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Thembisile" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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