Mkhondo Local Municipality

Mkhondo Local Municipality, is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Piet Retief is the seat of the municipality.

Mkhondo
Local municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Seat	Piet Retief
Wards	19
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Vusi Motha
Area
• Total	4,882 km^2 (1,885 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	171,982
• Density	35/km^2 (91/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	94.7%
• Coloured	0.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.8%
• White	3.7%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Zulu	89.1%
• Afrikaans	3.5%
• English	2.4%
• Swazi	1.8%
• Other	3.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	MP303

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place	Code	Area (km^2)	Population	Most spoken language
Amsterdam	80301	4.36	1,452	Zulu
Dirkiesdorp	80302	3.30	523	Zulu
Driefontein	80303	53.65	15,319	Zulu
Ethandakukhanya	80304	8.49	24,867	Zulu
KwaNgema	80305	12.13	1,003	Zulu
KwaThandeka	80306	2.91	5,085	Zulu
Ngema	80308	86.10	3,539	Zulu
Piet Retief	80309	55.41	13,052	Zulu
Shabalala	80310	13.71	807	Zulu
Remainder of the municipality	80307	4,628.84	77,246	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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	ANC	30,661	31,143	61,804	76.4	18	11	29
	Democratic Alliance	4,120	4,196	8,316	10.3	1	3	4
	Economic Freedom Fighters	2,764	2,708	5,472	6.8	0	3	3
	IFP	985	975	1,960	2.4	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	684	779	1,463	1.8	0	1	1
	Freedom Front Plus	462	578	1,040	1.3	0	0	0
	Independent	683	–	683	0.8	0	–	0
	Pan Africanist Socialist Movement of Azania	60	88	148	0.2	0	0	0
Total		40,419	40,467	80,886	100.0	19	19	38
Spoilt votes		749	752	1,501

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. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
4. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
5. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Mkhondo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
6. "Seat Calculation Detail: Mkhondo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

External links

• Official Website