Nkomazi | |
---|---|
Location in Mpumalanga | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Ehlanzeni |
Seat | Malalane |
Wards | 33 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Phindile Magagula (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 4,787 km2 (1,848 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 390,610 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 97.7% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 1.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Swazi | 88.5% |
• Tsonga | 6.8% |
• Afrikaans | 1.4% |
• English | 1.1% |
• Other | 2.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP324 |
Nkomazi Local Municipality is a local municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga. Malalane 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albertsnek | 81701 | 0.02 | 108 | Swazi |
Barberton | 81702 | 12.28 | 1,814 | Swazi |
Hectorspruit | 81703 | 2.97 | 309 | Afrikaans |
Hoyi | 81704 | 57.13 | 10,777 | Swazi |
Inyoni | 81705 | 0.13 | 748 | Tsonga |
Kamhlushwa | 81706 | 0.61 | 2,078 | Swazi |
Komatipoort | 81707 | 5.52 | 1,443 | Afrikaans |
Lugedlane | 81708 | 123.79 | 29,816 | Swazi |
Malalane | 81709 | 14.23 | 2,241 | Afrikaans |
Marloth Park | 81710 | 17.70 | 469 | Afrikaans |
Matsamo Part 1 | 81711 | 392.15 | 105,277 | Swazi |
Matsamo Part 2 | 81718 | 1.11 | 3,659 | Swazi |
Mawewe | 81712 | 238.62 | 21,038 | Swazi |
Mhlaba | 81713 | 80.27 | 17,376 | Swazi |
Mlambo | 81714 | 282.62 | 29,372 | Swazi |
Siboshwa | 81716 | 160.58 | 71,719 | Swazi |
Strathmore Mine | 81717 | 4.26 | 343 | Swazi |
Remainder of the municipality | 81715 | 1,833.87 | 35,837 | Swazi |
Main article: Nkomazi Local Municipality elections |
The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.[4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 53,502 | 69.61 | 33 | 58,121 | 75.89 | 17 | 50 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 9,236 | 12.02 | 0 | 11,085 | 14.47 | 9 | 9 | |
Democratic Alliance | 4,191 | 5.45 | 0 | 4,283 | 5.59 | 4 | 4 | |
Independent candidates | 7,504 | 9.76 | 0 | 0 | ||||
African Transformation Movement | 724 | 0.94 | 0 | 773 | 1.01 | 1 | 1 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 630 | 0.82 | 0 | 682 | 0.89 | 1 | 1 | |
8 other parties | 1,069 | 1.39 | 0 | 1,640 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 76,856 | 100.00 | 33 | 76,584 | 100.00 | 32 | 65 | |
Valid votes | 76,856 | 98.23 | 76,584 | 98.02 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,388 | 1.77 | 1,550 | 1.98 | ||||
Total votes | 78,244 | 100.00 | 78,134 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 172,783 | 45.28 | 172,783 | 45.22 |
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from November 2021. A number of ANC councillors were expelled by the party after working with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to elect Johan Mkhatshwa, former mayor and the top-ranked ANC candidate on the proportional list, elected as mayor. The ANC candidates won both available seats in the August by-elections, although the party received less than 50% of the votes in ward 10.[5][6] The EFF won the October by-election in ward 11, its first ward win in the province.[7]
Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 August 2022 | 10 | African National Congress | African National Congress | ||
31 August 2022 | 13 | African National Congress | African National Congress | ||
19 October 2022 | 11 | African National Congress | Economic Freedom Fighters |