Msukaligwa Local Municipality

Msukaligwa
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Seat	Ermelo
Wards	19
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Joseph Sipho Bongwe
Area
• Total	6,016 km^2 (2,323 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	149,377
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	88.1%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	1.1%
• White	9.8%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Zulu	72.6%
• Afrikaans	9.8%
• Swazi	8.5%
• English	3.5%
• Other	5.6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	MP302

Msukaligwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Ermelo is the Seat of the municipality.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Breyten	80201	2.75	4,591	Zulu
Camden	80202	4.78	752	Zulu
Davel	80203	1.61	87	Afrikaans
Ermelo	80204	25.48	11,596	Afrikaans
Kwachibikhulu	80205	0.24	2,490	Zulu
KwaDela	80206	0.49	3,548	Zulu
KwaZanele	80207	1.90	7,493	Zulu
Lothair	80208	6.97	93	Zulu
Phumula	80210	2.56	16,295	Zulu
Selindile	80211	1.05	5,340	Zulu
Sheepmoor	80212	1.68	1,229	Zulu
Wesselton	80213	8.34	23,443	Zulu
Remainder of the municipality	80209	5,958.56	47,832	Zulu

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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-one 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	28,041	28,467	56,508	81.1	17	14	31
	Democratic Alliance	4,904	4,771	9,675	13.9	2	3	5
	Freedom Front Plus	738	471	1,209	1.7	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	332	355	687	1.0	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	325	286	611	0.9	0	0	0
	National Freedom Party	160	323	483	0.7	0	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	206	176	382	0.5	0	0	0
	Federal Congress	44	91	135	0.2	0	0	0
Total		34,750	34,940	69,690	100.0	19	19	38
Spoilt votes		674	533	1,207

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. 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: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

• http://www.msukaligwa.gov.za/

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