Emakhazeni Local Municipality
Template:Infobox South African municipality Emakhazeni Local Municipality (formerly Highlands Local Municipality) is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Emakhazeni Local Municipality is Belfast.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[1]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Belfast | 81101 | 67.63 | 2,425 | Afrikaans |
Dullstroom | 81102 | 48.10 | 600 | English |
eMgwenya | 81103 | 1.02 | 3,785 | Swazi |
Emthonjeni | 81104 | 1.17 | 4,112 | Swazi |
Machadodorp | 81106 | 36.77 | 1,465 | Afrikaans |
Sakhelwe | 81107 | 0.76 | 2,920 | Northern Sotho |
Siyathuthuka | 81108 | 1.71 | 7,485 | Zulu |
Waterval Boven | 81109 | 1.99 | 1,908 | Swazi |
Remainder of the municipality | 81105 | 4,576.32 | 18,291 | Southern Ndebele |
Politics
The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 eleven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[2][3]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: lightgrey;" data-sort-value="Ubuntu Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politics)" |Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
ANC | 10,412 | 10,432 | 20,844 | 69.7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
DA | 2,609 | 2,663 | 5,272 | 17.6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
EFF | 1,366 | 1,401 | 2,767 | 9.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
VF+ | 360 | 377 | 737 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ubuntu Party | 80 | 78 | 158 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 115 | – | 115 | 0.4 | 0 | – | 0 | |
Total | 14,942 | 14,951 | 29,893 | 100.0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
Spoilt votes | 161 | 155 | 316 |
References
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Emakhazeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Emakhazeni" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 February 2017.