Emalahleni
Ezinambeni
Local municipality
Enambeni
Official seal of Emalahleni
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E / 26.000°S 29.167°E / -26.000; 29.167
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeateMalahleni
Wards34
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorConnie Kantshalintshali (ANC)
Area
 • Total2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total395,466
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2023)
[2]
 • Black African81.3%
 • Coloured1.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
 • White15.7%
First languages (2023)
[3]
 • Zulu43.2%
 • Afrikaans28.2%
 • Northern Sotho21.4%
 • Southern Ndebele9.0%
 • Other25.2%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP312

Emalahleni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Malahleni; Afrikaans: Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal.[4]

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Boschmans Colliery 80901 0.63 3 Xhosa
Clewer 80902 36.52 2,657 Zulu
Coalville 80903 1.33 154 Afrikaans
Cologne 80904 0.45 120 Zulu
Coronation 80905 0.96 6 Southern Ndebele
eMalahleni 80948 240.39 61,093 Afrikaans
Greenside Colliery 80907 10.86 1,314 Afrikaans
Hlalanikahle 80908 4.38 27,092 Zulu
Ikageng 80909 0.46 311 Zulu
Kendal 80910 32.65 285 Zulu
Khutala Colliery 80911 0.58 0 -
Klarinet 80912 0.52 195 Northern Sotho
Klipplaat 80913 0.14 249 Zulu
Klippoortjie 80914 0.99 382 Zulu
Kriel 80915 37.87 11,695 Afrikaans
KwaGuqa Part 1 80916 1.87 8,005 Northern Sotho
KwaGuqa Part 2 80918 8.57 67,461 Zulu
KwaGuqa Part 3 80919 0.09 189 Zulu
KwaGuqa Part 4 80920 0.21 1,997 Northern Sotho
KwaGuqa Part 5 80917 0.05 510 Northern Sotho
Landau Colliery 80921 4.71 1,707 Zulu
Lehlaka Park 80922 1.85 2,867 Zulu
Lekama 80923 0.48 283 Zulu
Madressa 80924 0.63 189 Zulu
Matla Coal Mine 80925 1.04 1,207 Xhosa
Naauwpoort 80926 0.50 1,782 Zulu
New Largo 80927 26.50 797 Zulu
Ogies 80928 1.50 897 Afrikaans
Pambili 80929 0.43 108 Northern Sotho
Paxton 80930 1.00 1,410 Zulu
Phoenix Colliery 80931 2.69 99 Afrikaans
Phola 80932 3.26 22,864 Zulu
Pine Ridge 80933 1.07 898 English
Reedstream Park 80934 1.19 905 Zulu
Rethabile 80935 1.12 762 Xhosa
Rietspruit Opencast Mine 80936 51.22 292 Southern Ndebele
Saaiwater 80937 0.12 270 Zulu
Soetvelde 80938 0.21 118 Zulu
Springbok 80939 0.90 369 Afrikaans
Tavistock Colliery 80940 0.66 0 -
Thubelihle 80941 0.96 5,746 Zulu
Travistock South 80943 0.47 307 Afrikaans
Travistock 80942 0.47 709 Zulu
Tweefontein 80944 0.93 650 Afrikaans
Vandyksdrif 80945 2.56 2,010 Sotho
Voltargo 80946 0.43 237 Zulu
Vosman 80947 2.15 13,126 Zulu
Witbank Consolidated Colliery 80949 0.13 249 Tsonga
Witcons 80950 0.63 184 Afrikaans
Wolwekrans 80951 1.40 463 Afrikaans
Zaaiwater 80952 0.23 21 Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality 80906 2,182.06 31,209 Zulu

Politics

Main article: Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 thirty-five seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress36,30250.332836,66550.83735
Economic Freedom Fighters14,53620.15014,99420.791414
Democratic Alliance13,27618.41613,19818.30713
Freedom Front Plus4,0395.6003,9445.4744
Independent candidates1,7782.4600
African Independent Congress6140.8507801.0811
African Christian Democratic Party6640.9206350.8811
10 other parties9231.2801,9212.6600
Total72,132100.003472,137100.003468
Valid votes72,13298.2272,13798.10
Invalid/blank votes1,3071.781,3981.90
Total votes73,439100.0073,535100.00
Registered voters/turnout186,76339.32186,76339.37

References

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Local Municipality". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Emalahleni". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-06-27.

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