Emakhazeni Local Municipality

Emakhazeni Local Municipality (formerly Highlands Local Municipality) is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Emakhazeni Local Municipality is Emakhazeni.

Emakhazeni
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Nkangala
Seat	Belfast
Wards	8
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thomas Diphepheng Ngwenya
Area
• Total	4,736 km^2 (1,829 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	47,216
• Density	10.0/km^2 (26/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	87.2%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	10.8%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Swazi	28.3%
• Zulu	21.8%
• Southern Ndebele	18.7%
• Afrikaans	10.7%
• Other	20.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP314

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Emakhazeni	81101	67.63	2,425	Afrikaans
Dullstroom	81102	48.10	600	English
eMgwenya	81103	1.02	3,785	Swazi
Emthonjeni	81104	1.17	4,112	Swazi
Machadodorp	81106	36.77	1,465	Afrikaans
Sakhelwe	81107	0.76	2,920	Northern Sotho
Siyathuthuka	81108	1.71	7,485	Zulu
Waterval Boven	81109	1.99	1,908	Swazi
Remainder of the municipality	81105	4,576.32	18,291	Southern Ndebele

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 eleven 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	10,412	10,432	20,844	69.7	8	3	11
	Democratic Alliance	2,609	2,663	5,272	17.6	0	3	3
	Economic Freedom Fighters	1,366	1,401	2,767	9.3	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	360	377	737	2.5	0	0	0
	Ubuntu Party	80	78	158	0.5	0	0	0
	Independent	115	–	115	0.4	0	–	0
Total		14,942	14,951	29,893	100.0	8	7	15
Spoilt votes		161	155	316

References

1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. 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: Emakhazeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Emakhazeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

External links

• Official homepage