Msukaligwa Local Municipality

Msukaligwa Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Msukaligwa; Afrikaans: Msukaligwa Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Ermelo is the seat of the municipality.

Msukaligwa
Local municipality
Official seal of Msukaligwa
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatErmelo
Wards19
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorJoseph Sipho Bongwe
Area
 • Total6,016 km2 (2,323 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total149,377
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African88.1%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian1.1%
 • White9.8%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu72.6%
 • Afrikaans9.8%
 • Swazi8.5%
 • English3.5%
 • Other5.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP302

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Breyten802012.754,591Zulu
Camden802024.78752Zulu
Davel802031.6187Zulu
Ermelo8020425.4811,596Zulu
Kwachibikhulu802050.242,490Zulu
KwaDela802060.493,548Zulu
KwaZanele802071.907,493Zulu
Lothair802086.9793Zulu
Phumula802102.5616,295Zulu
Selindile802111.055,340Zulu
Sheepmoor802121.681,229Zulu
Wesselton802138.3423,443Zulu
Remainder of the municipality802095,958.5647,832Zulu

Politics
Main article: Msukaligwa Local Municipality elections

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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-four seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress16,33459.461816,99262.55624
Economic Freedom Fighters4,67617.0204,67617.2177
Democratic Alliance2,6729.7312,76310.1734
Freedom Front Plus1,6776.1001,5465.6922
Independent candidates1,2534.5600
African Christian Democratic Party3261.1903701.3611
5 other parties5331.9408193.0100
Total27,471100.001927,166100.001938
Valid votes27,47197.9027,16696.71
Invalid/blank votes5892.109233.29
Total votes28,060100.0028,089100.00
Registered voters/turnout69,66240.2869,66240.32

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. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Msukaligwa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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