Albert Luthuli Local Municipality

Albert Luthuli Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, Grass and Wetlands region, of Mpumalanga. It was named after Albert Luthuli. Carolina is the seat of the municipality.

Albert Luthuli
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Seat	Carolina
Wards	25
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Busisiwe Shiba
Area
• Total	5,559 km^2 (2,146 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	186,010
• Density	33/km^2 (87/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	97.6%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	1.6%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Swazi	57.0%
• Zulu	34.8%
• English	2.0%
• Afrikaans	1.6%
• Other	4.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP301

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Badplaas	80102	0.86	276	Swazi, Afrikaans
Bhevula	80103	11.91	4,092	Swazi
Carolina	80104	18.69	2,952	Afrikaans, Zulu
Diepgezet	80105	4.89	229	Swazi
Duma	80106	28.80	1,760	Zulu
Eerstehoek	80107	638.65	41,780	Zulu
Ekulundeni	80108	1.49	4,490	Swazi
Embhuleni	80109	63.37	45,249	Swazi
Emfumbeni	80110	24.29	1,314	Zulu
Emjindini	80111	12.41	1,202	Swazi
Empuluzi	80112	0.28	3	Swazi
Enikakuyengwa	80113	73.34	9,235	Swazi
Lukwatini	80114	4.86	5,181	Swazi
Mandlamakhulu	80115	17.87	1,067	Swazi
Mpisikazi	80116	49.57	19,415	Zulu
Mpuluzi	80117	7.84	11,855	Zulu
Ndlela	80118	14.56	3,012	Swazi
Sandleni	80119	27.06	544	Zulu
Silobela	80120	1.97	9,167	Zulu
Steynsdorp	80121	1.14	585	Swazi
Tshabalala	80122	2.32	3,296	Zulu
Remainder of the municipality	80101	4,566.75	21,242	Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-five wards, while the remaining twenty-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council.

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

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	44,803	45,465	90,168	83.5	25	16	41
	Economic Freedom Fighters	4,481	4,311	8,792	8.1	0	4	4
	Democratic Alliance	1,717	1,990	3,707	3.4	0	2	2
	African People's Convention	899	971	1,870	1.7	0	1	1
	IFP	461	588	1,049	1.0	0	1	1
	Independent	939	–	939	0.9	0	–	0
	Freedom Front Plus	244	219	463	0.4	0	0	0
	Congress of the People	266	180	446	0.4	0	0	0
	ACDP	159	153	312	0.3	0	0	0
	Ubuntu Party	116	143	259	0.2	0	0	0
Total		54,085	53,920	108,005	100.0	25	24	49
Spoilt votes		782	828	1,610

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: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

External links

• Official website