Mbombela Local Municipality

Mbombela Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati name meaning "a lot of people in a small space".[4]

City of Mbombela Local Municipality
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Seat	Nelspruit
Wards	45
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sibusiso Mathonsi (African National Congress)
Area
• Total	5,394 km^2 (2,083 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	588,794
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	89.4%
• Coloured	0.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	8.7%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Swazi	78.7%
• Afrikaans	6.8%
• English	4.6%
• Tsonga	4.1%
• Other	5.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP322

Merger with Umjindi

At the time of the 2016 municipal elections, Umjindi Local Municipality was disestablished and merged into the Mbombela Local Municipality.[5][1]

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[6]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Broedershoek	81501	0.60	265	Swazi
Gutshwa	81502	179.94	34,388	Swazi
Hazyview	81503	4.69	1,287	Afrikaans
KaBokweni	81504	4.49	12,949	Swazi
Kanyamazane	81505	15.33	36,020	Swazi
Khamagugu	81506	1.57	1,890	Swazi
Lomshiyo	81507	16.72	815	Swazi
Masoyi	81508	60.88	54,172	Swazi
Mataffin	81509	30.18	3,723	Swazi
Matsulu	81510	11.64	37,792	Swazi
Mbuyane	81512	88.69	57,213	Swazi
Mdluli	81513	21.22	2,753	Swazi
Mpakeni	81514	83.71	24,066	Swazi
Msogwaba	81515	37.83	82,509	Swazi
Nakambeni	81516	0.23	721	Swazi
Nelspruit	81517	46.47	21,540	Afrikaans
Ngodini	81518	0.11	367	Swazi
Ngodwana	81519	1.14	759	Afrikaans
Nkambeni	81520	120.72	46,746	Swazi
Nsikazi Part 1	81521	42.35	1,411	Swazi
Nsikazi Part 2	81525	1.01	118	Swazi
Rocky Drift	81522	3.18	150	Afrikaans
Wendywood	81523	0.30	57	English
White River	81524	23.15	8,211	Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality	81511	2,529.46	44,904	Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 sixty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[7][8]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	142,226	142,127	284,353	76.2	41	28	69
	Democratic Alliance	26,008	25,913	51,921	13.9	4	9	13
	Economic Freedom Fighters	12,414	12,807	25,221	6.8	0	6	6
	Residence Association of South Africa	2,132	2,177	4,309	1.2	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	1,593	1,442	3,035	0.8	0	1	1
	African Christian Democratic Party	688	719	1,407	0.4	0	0	0
	Independent	1,093	–	1,093	0.3	0	–	0
	African People's Convention	318	754	1,072	0.3	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	312	250	562	0.2	0	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	0	163	163	0.0	0	0	0
Total		186,784	186,352	373,136	100.0	45	45	90
Spoilt votes		2,180	2,207	4,387

References

1. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. South African Languages - Place names Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
5. http://mpumalanganews.co.za/268278/municipalities-to-merge-after-elections/
6. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
7. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mbombela/Umjindi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
8. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mbombela/Umjindi" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

External links

• Mbombela Government site