Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
Thaba Chweu | |
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.svg) Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Coordinates: 25°5′S 30°35′E / 25.083°S 30.583°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Ehlanzeni |
| Seat | Lydenburg |
| Wards | 14 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Friddah Nkadimeng (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 98,387 |
| • Density | 17.20/km2 (44.56/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 81.6% |
| • Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 14.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 36.2% |
| • Swazi | 17.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 15.2% |
| • Zulu | 7.7% |
| • Other | 23.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP321 |
Thaba Chweu Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Thaba Chweu; Swazi: Masipaladi iThaba Chweu; Afrikaans: Thaba Chweu Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graskop | 81401 | 1.57 | 2,326 | Afrikaans |
| Lydenburg | 81402 | 26.12 | 6,858 | Afrikaans |
| Mashishing | 81403 | 4.19 | 16,185 | Northern Sotho |
| Pilgrim's Rest | 81404 | 15.28 | 16,251 | Northern Sotho |
| Sabie | 81405 | 78.81 | 5,674 | Afrikaans |
| Simile | 81406 | 0.94 | 6,265 | Swazi |
| Remainder of the municipality | 81407 | 5,553.77 | 27,679 | Northern Sotho |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 sixteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 12,552 | 58.05 | 12 | 12,699 | 58.61 | 4 | 16 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,744 | 21.94 | 2 | 4,730 | 21.83 | 4 | 6 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,435 | 11.26 | 0 | 2,570 | 11.86 | 3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 773 | 3.57 | 0 | 793 | 3.66 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Unified Movement | 300 | 1.39 | 0 | 282 | 1.30 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 305 | 1.41 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 other parties | 514 | 2.38 | 0 | 594 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 21,623 | 100.00 | 14 | 21,668 | 100.00 | 13 | 27 | |
| Valid votes | 21,623 | 98.47 | 21,668 | 98.38 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 337 | 1.53 | 357 | 1.62 | ||||
| Total votes | 21,960 | 100.00 | 22,025 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 50,959 | 43.09 | 50,959 | 43.22 | ||||
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Thaba Chweu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga | ||
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District seat: Nelspruit (Mbombela) | ||
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