Msukaligwa Local Municipality
Local municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Msukaligwa Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Msukaligwa; Afrikaans: Msukaligwa Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Ermelo is the seat of the municipality.
Msukaligwa | |
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Seal | |
 Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Seat | Ermelo |
| Wards | 19 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,016 km2 (2,323 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 149,377 |
| • Density | 24.83/km2 (64.31/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 88.1% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
| • White | 9.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 (km2) | 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-four seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 16,334 | 59.46 | 18 | 16,992 | 62.55 | 6 | 24 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 4,676 | 17.02 | 0 | 4,676 | 17.21 | 7 | 7 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 2,672 | 9.73 | 1 | 2,763 | 10.17 | 3 | 4 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 1,677 | 6.10 | 0 | 1,546 | 5.69 | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent candidates | 1,253 | 4.56 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| African Christian Democratic Party | 326 | 1.19 | 0 | 370 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 other parties | 533 | 1.94 | 0 | 819 | 3.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 27,471 | 100.00 | 19 | 27,166 | 100.00 | 19 | 38 | |
| Valid votes | 27,471 | 97.90 | 27,166 | 96.71 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 589 | 2.10 | 923 | 3.29 | ||||
| Total votes | 28,060 | 100.00 | 28,089 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 69,662 | 40.28 | 69,662 | 40.32 | ||||