Msukaligwa Local Municipality

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.

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) [2]
• Zulu	72.6%
• Afrikaans	9.8%
• Swazi	8.5%
• English	3.5%
• Other	5.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP302

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

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	Zulu
Ermelo	80204	25.48	11,596	Zulu
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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	30,071	30,249	60,320	74.8	18	11	29
	Democratic Alliance	5,452	5,421	10,873	13.5	1	4	5
	Economic Freedom Fighters	3,165	3,087	6,252	7.8	0	3	3
	Freedom Front Plus	761	707	1,468	1.8	0	1	1
	Inkatha Freedom Party	190	228	418	0.5	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	172	228	400	0.4	0	0	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	172	165	337	0.4	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	164	135	299	0.4	0	0	0
	Sindawonye Progressive Party	48	126	174	0.2	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Socialist Movement of Azania	52	41	93	0.1	0	0	0
Total		40,247	40,387	80,634	100.0	19	19	38
Spoilt votes		566	540	1,106

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. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Msukaligwa" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

External links

• http://www.msukaligwa.gov.za/