Dipaleseng Local Municipality
Dipaleseng Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Balfour is the seat of the municipality.
Dipaleseng | |
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.svg.png.webp) Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Seat | Balfour |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mafunda Makhubo (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,617 km2 (1,010 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 42,390 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 89.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
| • White | 8.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 56.1% |
| • Sotho | 24.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.0% |
| • English | 3.0% |
| • Other | 7.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP306 |
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour | 80601 | 10.02 | 2,070 | Afrikaans |
| Ekanini | 80603 | 0.34 | 293 | English |
| Greylingstad | 80604 | 0.14 | 1,508 | Zulu |
| Nthwane | 80605 | 0.62 | 2,888 | Zulu |
| Siyathemba | 80606 | 3.91 | 17,747 | Zulu |
| Remainder of the municipality | 80602 | 2,600.25 | 14,131 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twelve members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining six 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 nine seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 9,541 | 9,560 | 19,101 | 76.2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,635 | 1,628 | 3,263 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 485 | 503 | 988 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Socialist Civic Movement | 446 | 475 | 921 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 167 | 189 | 356 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 148 | 149 | 297 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 155 | – | 155 | 0.6 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Total | 12,577 | 12,504 | 25,081 | 100.0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Spoilt votes | 272 | 307 | 579 | |||||
References
- "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- "Results Summary – All Ballots: Dipaleseng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- "Seat Calculation Detail: Dipaleseng" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga | ||
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District seat: Ermelo | ||
| Govan Mbeki | .svg.png.webp) Gert Sibande District within South Africa | |
| Albert Luthuli | ||
| Mkhondo | ||
| Msukaligwa | ||
| Lekwa | ||
| Pixley ka Seme | ||
| Dipaleseng | ||
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