Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga
For the municipality in the Eastern Cape, see Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape.
| Emalahleni | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local municipality | ||
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.svg.png) Location in Mpumalanga | ||
| Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°ECoordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Nkangala | |
| Seat | Witbank | |
| Wards | 34 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Salome Sithole | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 395,466 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 81.3% | |
| • Coloured | 1.7% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.9% | |
| • White | 15.7% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Zulu | 39.2% | |
| • Afrikaans | 15.2% | |
| • Northern Sotho | 11.4% | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 9.0% | |
| • Other | 25.2% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | MP312 | |
Emalahleni Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Emalahleni is a Nguni name meaning place of coal.[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boschmans Colliery | 80901 | 0.63 | 3 | Xhosa |
| Clewer | 80902 | 36.52 | 2,657 | Zulu |
| Coalville | 80903 | 1.33 | 154 | Afrikaans |
| Cologne | 80904 | 0.45 | 120 | Zulu |
| Coronation | 80905 | 0.96 | 6 | Southern Ndebele |
| Greenside Colliery | 80907 | 10.86 | 1,314 | Afrikaans |
| Hlalanikahle | 80908 | 4.38 | 27,092 | Zulu |
| Ikageng | 80909 | 0.46 | 311 | Zulu |
| Kendal | 80910 | 32.65 | 285 | Zulu |
| Khutala Colliery | 80911 | 0.58 | 0 | - |
| Klarinet | 80912 | 0.52 | 195 | Northern Sotho |
| Klipplaat | 80913 | 0.14 | 249 | Zulu |
| Klippoortjie | 80914 | 0.99 | 382 | Zulu |
| Kriel | 80915 | 37.87 | 11,695 | Afrikaans |
| KwaGuqa Part 1 | 80916 | 1.87 | 8,005 | Northern Sotho |
| KwaGuqa Part 2 | 80918 | 8.57 | 67,461 | Zulu |
| KwaGuqa Part 3 | 80919 | 0.09 | 189 | Zulu |
| KwaGuqa Part 4 | 80920 | 0.21 | 1,997 | Northern Sotho |
| KwaGuqa Part 5 | 80917 | 0.05 | 510 | Northern Sotho |
| Landau Colliery | 80921 | 4.71 | 1,707 | Zulu |
| Lehlaka Park | 80922 | 1.85 | 2,867 | Zulu |
| Lekama | 80923 | 0.48 | 283 | Zulu |
| Madressa | 80924 | 0.63 | 189 | Zulu |
| Matla Coal Mine | 80925 | 1.04 | 1,207 | Xhosa |
| Naauwpoort | 80926 | 0.50 | 1,782 | Zulu |
| New Largo | 80927 | 26.50 | 797 | Zulu |
| Ogies | 80928 | 1.50 | 897 | Afrikaans |
| Pambili | 80929 | 0.43 | 108 | Northern Sotho |
| Paxton | 80930 | 1.00 | 1,410 | Zulu |
| Phoenix Colliery | 80931 | 2.69 | 99 | Afrikaans |
| Phola | 80932 | 3.26 | 22,864 | Zulu |
| Pine Ridge | 80933 | 1.07 | 898 | English |
| Reedstream Park | 80934 | 1.19 | 905 | Zulu |
| Rethabile | 80935 | 1.12 | 762 | Xhosa |
| Rietspruit Opencast Mine | 80936 | 51.22 | 292 | Southern Ndebele |
| Saaiwater | 80937 | 0.12 | 270 | Zulu |
| Soetvelde | 80938 | 0.21 | 118 | Zulu |
| Springbok | 80939 | 0.90 | 369 | Afrikaans |
| Tavistock Colliery | 80940 | 0.66 | 0 | - |
| Thubelihle | 80941 | 0.96 | 5,746 | Zulu |
| Travistock South | 80943 | 0.47 | 307 | Afrikaans |
| Travistock | 80942 | 0.47 | 709 | Zulu |
| Tweefontein | 80944 | 0.93 | 650 | Afrikaans |
| Vandyksdrif | 80945 | 2.56 | 2,010 | Sotho |
| Voltargo | 80946 | 0.43 | 237 | Zulu |
| Vosman | 80947 | 2.15 | 13,126 | Zulu |
| Witbank Consolidated Colliery | 80949 | 0.13 | 249 | Tsonga |
| Witbank | 80948 | 240.39 | 61,093 | Afrikaans |
| Witcons | 80950 | 0.63 | 184 | Afrikaans |
| Wolwekrans | 80951 | 1.40 | 463 | Afrikaans |
| Zaaiwater | 80952 | 0.23 | 21 | Southern Ndebele |
| Remainder of the municipality | 80906 | 2,182.06 | 31,209 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 forty-nine seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 62,664 | 63,587 | 126,251 | 71.2 | 28 | 21 | 49 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 22,572 | 22,404 | 44,976 | 25.4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 785 | 677 | 1,462 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Congress of the People | 341 | 453 | 794 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 723 | – | 723 | 0.4 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 300 | 392 | 692 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African People's Convention | 293 | 394 | 687 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 352 | 296 | 648 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 261 | 289 | 550 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| African Christian Alliance | 159 | 122 | 281 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Freedom Party | 30 | 159 | 189 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 88,480 | 88,773 | 177,253 | 100.0 | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| Spoilt votes | 1,105 | 1,046 | 2,151 | |||||
References
- ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ South African Languages - Place names
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ↑ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emalahleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Seat Calculation Detail: Emalahleni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga | ||
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District seat: Middelburg | ||
| Emalahleni | .svg.png) | |
| Steve Tshwete | ||
| Emakhazeni | ||
| Thembisile | ||
| Dr JS Moroka | ||
| Victor Khanye | ||
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