Mkhondo Local Municipality

Mkhondo
Local municipality

Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Seat Piet Retief
Wards 19
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Vusi Motha
Area
 • Total 4,882 km2 (1,885 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 171,982
 • Density 35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 94.7%
 • Coloured 0.5%
 • Indian/Asian 0.8%
 • White 3.7%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 89.1%
 • Afrikaans 3.5%
 • English 2.4%
 • Swazi 1.8%
 • Other 3.2%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code MP303

Mkhondo Local Municipality, is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Piet Retief is the seat of the municipality.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amsterdam803014.361,452Zulu
Dirkiesdorp803023.30523Zulu
Driefontein8030353.6515,319Zulu
Ethandakukhanya803048.4924,867Zulu
KwaNgema8030512.131,003Zulu
KwaThandeka803062.915,085Zulu
Ngema8030886.103,539Zulu
Piet Retief8030955.4113,052Zulu
Shabalala8031013.71807Zulu
Remainder of the municipality803074,628.8477,246Zulu

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.[5][6]

PartyVotesSeats
WardListTotal%WardListTotal
African National Congress 30,66131,14361,80476.4181129
Democratic Alliance 4,1204,1968,31610.3134
Economic Freedom Fighters 2,7642,7085,4726.8033
Inkatha Freedom Party 9859751,9602.4011
African People's Convention 6847791,4631.8011
Freedom Front Plus 4625781,0401.3000
Independent 683–6830.80–0
Pan Africanist Socialist Movement of Azania 60881480.2000
Total 40,41940,46780,886100.0191938
Spoilt votes 7497521,501

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 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: Mkhondo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Mkhondo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167

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