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 Bhekabantu Hamilton Mtshali
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 SAST (UTC+2)
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]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amsterdam 803014.361,452Zulu
Dirkiesdorp 803023.30523Zulu
Driefontein 8030353.6515,319Zulu
Ethandakukhanya 803048.4924,867Zulu
KwaNgema 8030512.131,003Zulu
KwaThandeka 803062.915,085Zulu
Ngema 8030886.103,539Zulu
Piet Retief 8030955.4113,052Zulu
Shabalala 8031013.71807Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 803074,628.8477,246Zulu

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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-eight 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 26,819 27,181 54,000 72.5 18 10 28
Democratic Alliance 6,171 6,170 12,341 16.6 1 5 6
National Freedom Party 1,886 1,785 3,671 4.9 0 2 2
Inkatha Freedom Party 1,336 1,267 2,603 3.5 0 1 1
Pan Africanist Congress 607 428 1,035 1.4 0 1 1
Freedom Front Plus 287 234 521 0.7 0 0 0
Congress of the People 96 237 333 0.5 0 0 0
Total 37,202 37,302 74,504 100.0 19 19 38
Spoilt votes 727 627 1,354

References

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

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

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