Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga

Emalahleni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Emalahleni; Afrikaans: Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal.[4]

For the municipality in the Eastern Cape, see Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape.
Emalahleni
Ezinambeni
Local municipality
Enambeni
Official seal of Emalahleni
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeateMalahleni
Wards34
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorConnie Kantshalintshali (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total395,466
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2023)
[2]
 • Black African81.3%
 • Coloured1.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
 • White15.7%
First languages (2023)
[3]
 • Zulu43.2%
 • Afrikaans28.2%
 • Northern Sotho21.4%
 • Southern Ndebele9.0%
 • Other25.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP312

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Boschmans Colliery809010.633Xhosa
Clewer8090236.522,657Zulu
Coalville809031.33154Afrikaans
Cologne809040.45120Zulu
Coronation809050.966Southern Ndebele
eMalahleni80948240.3961,093Afrikaans
Greenside Colliery8090710.861,314Afrikaans
Hlalanikahle809084.3827,092Zulu
Ikageng809090.46311Zulu
Kendal8091032.65285Zulu
Khutala Colliery809110.580-
Klarinet809120.52195Northern Sotho
Klipplaat809130.14249Zulu
Klippoortjie809140.99382Zulu
Kriel8091537.8711,695Afrikaans
KwaGuqa Part 1809161.878,005Northern Sotho
KwaGuqa Part 2809188.5767,461Zulu
KwaGuqa Part 3809190.09189Zulu
KwaGuqa Part 4809200.211,997Northern Sotho
KwaGuqa Part 5809170.05510Northern Sotho
Landau Colliery809214.711,707Zulu
Lehlaka Park809221.852,867Zulu
Lekama809230.48283Zulu
Madressa809240.63189Zulu
Matla Coal Mine809251.041,207Xhosa
Naauwpoort809260.501,782Zulu
New Largo8092726.50797Zulu
Ogies809281.50897Afrikaans
Pambili809290.43108Northern Sotho
Paxton809301.001,410Zulu
Phoenix Colliery809312.6999Afrikaans
Phola809323.2622,864Zulu
Pine Ridge809331.07898English
Reedstream Park809341.19905Zulu
Rethabile809351.12762Xhosa
Rietspruit Opencast Mine8093651.22292Southern Ndebele
Saaiwater809370.12270Zulu
Soetvelde809380.21118Zulu
Springbok809390.90369Afrikaans
Tavistock Colliery809400.660-
Thubelihle809410.965,746Zulu
Travistock South809430.47307Afrikaans
Travistock809420.47709Zulu
Tweefontein809440.93650Afrikaans
Vandyksdrif809452.562,010Sotho
Voltargo809460.43237Zulu
Vosman809472.1513,126Zulu
Witbank Consolidated Colliery809490.13249Tsonga
Witcons809500.63184Afrikaans
Wolwekrans809511.40463Afrikaans
Zaaiwater809520.2321Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality809062,182.0631,209Zulu

Politics
Main article: Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress36,30250.332836,66550.83735
Economic Freedom Fighters14,53620.15014,99420.791414
Democratic Alliance13,27618.41613,19818.30713
Freedom Front Plus4,0395.6003,9445.4744
Independent candidates1,7782.4600
African Independent Congress6140.8507801.0811
African Christian Democratic Party6640.9206350.8811
10 other parties9231.2801,9212.6600
Total72,132100.003472,137100.003468
Valid votes72,13298.2272,13798.10
Invalid/blank votes1,3071.781,3981.90
Total votes73,439100.0073,535100.00
Registered voters/turnout186,76339.32186,76339.37

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. South African Languages - Place names
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Emalahleni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
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