Lekwa Local Municipality
| Lekwa | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
| ||
.svg.png) Location in Mpumalanga | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Gert Sibande | |
| Seat | Standerton | |
| Wards | 15 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Matshidiso Morajane | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4,585 km2 (1,770 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 115,662 | |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 84.2% | |
| • Coloured | 2.9% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.2% | |
| • White | 11.4% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Zulu | 66.2% | |
| • Afrikaans | 13.2% | |
| • Sotho | 10.3% | |
| • English | 3.6% | |
| • Other | 6.7% | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) | |
| Municipal code | MP305 | |
Lekwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Standerton is the Seat of the municipality.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgenzon | 80502 | 4.99 | 2,324 | Zulu |
| Sakhile | 80503 | 6.15 | 39,773 | Zulu |
| Sivukile | 80504 | 0.40 | 1,743 | Zulu |
| Standerton | 80505 | 36.52 | 23,291 | Afrikaans |
| Thuthukani | 80506 | 0.95 | 2,507 | Zulu |
| Tutuka | 80507 | 0.48 | 315 | Zulu |
| Remainder of the municipality | 80501 | 4,536.73 | 33,321 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fifteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fifteen wards, while the remaining fifteen 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 seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 19,553 | 19,663 | 39,216 | 65.7 | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,913 | 4,864 | 9,777 | 16.4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Civic Voice | 3,047 | 2,869 | 5,916 | 9.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,531 | 1,537 | 3,068 | 5.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 477 | 478 | 955 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 216 | 203 | 419 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 149 | 179 | 328 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sindawonye Progressive Party | 3 | 45 | 48 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 29,889 | 29,838 | 59,727 | 100.0 | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| Spoilt votes | 676 | 742 | 1,418 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "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: Lekwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Lekwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga | ||
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District seat: Ermelo | ||
| Govan Mbeki | .svg.png) | |
| Albert Luthuli | ||
| Mkhondo | ||
| Msukaligwa | ||
| Lekwa | ||
| Pixley ka Seme | ||
| Dipaleseng | ||