Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality

Pixley Ka Seme Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Pixley Ka Seme) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.

Pixley Ka Seme
Official seal of Pixley Ka Seme
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatVolksrust
Wards11
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorPhalaborwa Vincent Malatsi
Area
  Total5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
  Total83,235
  Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African90.5%
  Coloured0.6%
  Indian/Asian1.2%
  White7.4%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu82.8%
  Afrikaans6.8%
  English2.3%
  Sotho2.2%
  Other5.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP304

The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Amersfoort804012.371,405Zulu
Daggakraal8040245.9717,352Zulu
eSizameleni804031.384,875Zulu
eZamokuhle804046.666,933Zulu
Perdekop804051.882,304Zulu
Siyazenzela804070.42889Zulu
Volksrust8040820.905,676Afrikaans
Vukuzakhe804093.7214,792Zulu
Wakkerstroom804105.89775Zulu
Witkoppie8041113.44177Zulu
Remainder of the municipality804065,125.3525,556Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 thirteen seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress9,95360.511110,13560.89213
Economic Freedom Fighters2,34314.2402,52915.1933
Democratic Alliance1,4728.9501,4618.7822
Forum for Service Delivery6103.7105673.4111
Inkatha Freedom Party5223.1705993.6011
African People's Movement4782.9104352.6111
Independent candidates2421.4700
5 other parties8285.0309195.5200
Total16,448100.001116,645100.001021
Valid votes16,44897.7916,64597.44
Invalid/blank votes3722.214372.56
Total votes16,820100.0017,082100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,76744.5437,76745.23

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 — Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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