Dipaleseng | |
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Location in Mpumalanga | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Gert Sibande |
Seat | Balfour |
Wards | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Khethiwe Moeketsi (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,617 km2 (1,010 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 42,390 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 89.8% |
• Coloured | 0.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
• White | 8.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 56.1% |
• Sotho | 24.2% |
• Afrikaans | 9.0% |
• English | 3.0% |
• Other | 7.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP306 |
Dipaleseng Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Balfour is the seat of the municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Balfour | 80601 | 10.02 | 2,070 | Afrikaans |
Ekanini | 80603 | 0.34 | 293 | English |
Greylingstad | 80604 | 0.14 | 1,508 | Zulu |
Nthwane | 80605 | 0.62 | 2,888 | Zulu |
Siyathemba | 80606 | 3.91 | 17,747 | Zulu |
Remainder of the municipality | 80602 | 2,600.25 | 14,131 | Zulu |
Main article: Dipaleseng Local Municipality elections |
The municipal council consists of twelve members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining six 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 eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 5,275 | 56.17 | 6 | 5,542 | 59.40 | 2 | 8 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 1,304 | 13.89 | 0 | 1,738 | 18.63 | 2 | 2 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 664 | 7.07 | 0 | 671 | 7.19 | 1 | 1 | |
Democratic Alliance | 601 | 6.40 | 0 | 673 | 7.21 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent candidates | 1,105 | 11.77 | 0 | 0 | ||||
5 other parties | 442 | 4.71 | 0 | 706 | 7.57 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 9,391 | 100.00 | 6 | 9,330 | 100.00 | 6 | 12 | |
Valid votes | 9,391 | 97.55 | 9,330 | 97.28 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 236 | 2.45 | 261 | 2.72 | ||||
Total votes | 9,627 | 100.00 | 9,591 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 20,948 | 45.96 | 20,948 | 45.78 |