Mbombela Local Municipality

Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°E / -25.417; 30.917
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City of Mbombela Local Municipality
Official seal of City of Mbombela Local Municipality
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E / 25.417°S 30.917°E / -25.417; 30.917
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictEhlanzeni
SeatMbombela
Wards45
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSibongile Makhushe-Mazibuko (African National Congress)
Area
 • Total5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total588,794
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African89.4%
 • Coloured0.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White8.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Swazi78.7%
 • Afrikaans6.8%
 • English4.6%
 • Tsonga4.1%
 • Other5.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP322

Mbombela Municipality (Swazi: Masipaladi wase Mbombela) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati word meaning "a lot of people in a small space".[3]

Merger with Umjindi

At the time of the 2016 municipal elections, Umjindi Local Municipality was disestablished and merged into the Mbombela Local Municipality.[4][1] So, the town of Barberton is now part of the Mbombela Local Municipality.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Broedershoek 81501 0.60 265 Swazi
Gutshwa 81502 179.94 34,388 Swazi
Hazyview 81503 4.69 1,287 Afrikaans
KaBokweni 81504 4.49 12,949 Swazi
Kanyamazane 81505 15.33 36,020 Swazi
Khamagugu 81506 1.57 1,890 Swazi
Lomshiyo 81507 16.72 815 Swazi
Masoyi 81508 60.88 54,172 Swazi
Mataffin 81509 30.18 3,723 Swazi
Matsulu 81510 11.64 37,792 Swazi
Mbuyane 81512 88.69 57,213 Swazi
Mdluli 81513 21.22 2,753 Swazi
Mpakeni 81514 83.71 24,066 Swazi
Msogwaba 81515 37.83 82,509 Swazi
Nakambeni 81516 0.23 721 Swazi
Mbombela 81517 46.47 21,540 Afrikaans
Ngodini 81518 0.11 367 Swazi
Ngodwana 81519 1.14 759 Afrikaans
Nkambeni 81520 120.72 46,746 Swazi
Nsikazi Part 1 81521 42.35 1,411 Swazi
Nsikazi Part 2 81525 1.01 118 Swazi
Rocky Drift 81522 3.18 150 Afrikaans
Wendywood 81523 0.30 57 English
White River 81524 23.15 8,211 Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality 81511 2,529.46 44,904 Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 fifty-nine seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress82,92364.504184,65865.921859
Economic Freedom Fighters18,78014.61018,94814.761414
Democratic Alliance17,38613.52417,40613.55812
Freedom Front Plus4,2213.2804,1373.2233
Independent candidates2,5962.0200
African Christian Democratic Party1,1010.8601,1410.8911
African Transformation Movement9470.7401,0010.7811
5 other parties6090.4701,1260.8800
Total128,563100.0045128,417100.004590
Valid votes128,56398.73128,41798.58
Invalid/blank votes1,6551.271,8441.42
Total votes130,218100.00130,261100.00
Registered voters/turnout318,11640.93318,11640.95

References

  1. ^ a b "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ South African Languages - Place names Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Municipalities to merge after elections". 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbombela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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