Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality

Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167
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Not to be confused with Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.
Pixley Ka Seme
Local municipality
Official seal of Pixley Ka Seme
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatVolksrust
Wards11
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPhalaborwa Vincent Malatsi
Area
 • Total5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total83,235
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African90.5%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian1.2%
 • White7.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu82.8%
 • Afrikaans6.8%
 • English2.3%
 • Sotho2.2%
 • Other5.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP304

Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.

The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amersfoort 80401 2.37 1,405 Zulu
Daggakraal 80402 45.97 17,352 Zulu
eSizameleni 80403 1.38 4,875 Zulu
eZamokuhle 80404 6.66 6,933 Zulu
Perdekop 80405 1.88 2,304 Zulu
Siyazenzela 80407 0.42 889 Zulu
Volksrust 80408 20.90 5,676 Afrikaans
Vukuzakhe 80409 3.72 14,792 Zulu
Wakkerstroom 80410 5.89 775 Zulu
Witkoppie 80411 13.44 177 Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 80406 5,125.35 25,556 Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 seventeen seats on the council.

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

style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #EC8713;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party" |
Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total % Ward List Total
ANC 17,283 17,481 34,764 77.8 11 6 17
DA 2,344 2,405 4,749 10.6 0 2 2
EFF 1,348 1,419 2,767 6.2 0 1 1
IFP 412 486 898 2.0 0 1 1
VF+ 331 389 720 1.6 0 0 0
Independent 478 – 478 1.1 0 – 0
ACDP 142 147 289 0.7 0 0 0
Total 22,338 22,327 44,665 100.0 11 10 21
Spoilt votes 488 497 985

In a by-election held on 18 October 2017, a ward previously held by the ANC was won by an independent candidate.[6] Council composition was reconfigured as seen below:

style="width: 2px; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF0000;" data-sort-value="Inkatha Freedom Party" |
Party Ward PR list Total
ANC 10 6 16
DA 0 2 2
EFF 0 1 1
Independent 1 – 1
IFP 0 1 1
Total 11 10 21

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Pixley ka Seme" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ^ "By-elections: Poll upset for ANC in Mpumalanga but KZN remains solid". Daily Maverick. 19 October 2017.

External links

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