Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Thembisile Hani
Local municipality
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Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°ECoordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Nkangala
Seat	eMpumalanga
Wards	32
Government[1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ndaweni Mahlangu
Area
• Total	2,384 km^2 (920 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	310,458
• Density	130/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)[3]
• Southern Ndebele	58.5%
• Northern Sotho	12.6%
• Zulu	12.5%
• Sotho	4.8%
• Other	11.6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	MP315

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.

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]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Ekangala	81201	5.61	1,509	Zulu
KwaMhlanga Part 1	81202	254.72	71,756	Southern Ndebele
KwaMhlanga Part 2	81215	5.91	6,085	Southern Ndebele
Mabusa National Park	81203	100.64	99	Sotho
Mkobola	81204	320.15	107,560	Southern Ndebele
Moutse 3	81205	1.68	1,788	Northern Sotho
Sokhulumi	81206	0.33	610	Southern Ndebele
Thokoza	81208	2.27	4,459	Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein North	81210	12.07	20,722	Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein South	81211	13.91	24,407	Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein	81209	23.26	45	Northern Sotho
Vezubuhle	81212	5.26	10,399	Southern Ndebele
Vlakfontein	81213	0.76	548	Southern Ndebele
Wolvenkop	81214	1.34	2,161	Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality	81207	1,761.83	6,704	Southern 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifty-one seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.^[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	57,937	60,173	118,110	78.8	31	20	51
	Sindawonye Progressive Party	4,547	4,902	9,449	6.3	0	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	4,829	4,582	9,411	6.3	0	4	4
	Independent	3,770	–	3,770	2.5	1	–	1
	African People's Convention	1,559	1,452	3,011	2.0	0	1	1
	Ikusasa Lesizwe Independent Movement	795	1,924	2,719	1.8	0	1	1
	Pan Africanist Congress	448	434	882	0.6	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	434	410	844	0.6	0	1	1
	Congress of the People	277	542	819	0.6	0	0	0
	Azanian People's Organisation	313	473	786	0.5	0	0	0
	National Freedom Party	–	159	159	0.1	0	0	0
Total		74,909	75,051	149,960	100.0	32	32	64
Spoilt votes		1,848	1,750	3,598

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: Thembisile" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Thembisile" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

External links

• Official homepage