Thembisile Hani
Local municipality
Official seal of Thembisile Hani
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°E / -25.500; 28.917
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeateMpumalanga
Wards32
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCllr L.J Dikgale (ANC)
 • Municipal ManagerMr. DJD Mahlangu
Area
 • Total2,384 km2 (920 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total310,458
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Southern Ndebele58.5%
 • Northern Sotho12.6%
 • Zulu12.5%
 • Sotho4.8%
 • Other11.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP315

Thembisile Hani Municipality (Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi weThembisile Hani; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Thembisile Hani; Zulu: UMasipala iThembisile Hani) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is a semi-urban local municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 established townships.

The municipality is named after Thembisile Chris Hani, the Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who was assassinated on 10 April 1993.Flare fm SA is a popular local successful radio station based in KwaMhlanga in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Ekangala 81201 5.61 1,509 Zulu
KwaMhlanga Part 1 81202 254.72 71,756 Southern Ndebele
KwaMhlanga Part 2 81215 5.91 6,085 Southern Ndebele
Mabusa National Park 81203 100.64 99 Sotho
Mkobola 81204 320.15 107,560 Southern Ndebele
Moutse 3 81205 1.68 1,788 Northern Sotho
Sokhulumi 81206 0.33 610 Southern Ndebele
Thokoza 81208 2.27 4,459 Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein North 81210 12.07 30000 Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein South 81211 13.91 24,407 Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein 81209 23.26 45 Northern Sotho
Vezubuhle 81212 5.26 10,399 Southern Ndebele
Vlakfontein 81213 0.76 548 Southern Ndebele
Wolvenkop 81214 1.34 2,161 Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality 81207 1,761.83 6,704 Southern Ndebel

Politics

Main article: Thembisile Hani Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two 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 forty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress36,50960.583037,46962.681040
Economic Freedom Fighters10,27417.05011,63919.471212
Democratic Alliance3,3555.5703,5095.8744
African Independent People's Organisation2,3263.8602,4294.0633
Independent candidates4,4047.3122
Sindawonye Progressive Party8731.4501,0241.7111
Ingubo Yeskhethu Party6411.0609901.6611
African Transformation Movement4770.7904090.6811
8 other parties1,4042.3302,3093.8600
Total60,263100.003259,778100.003264
Valid votes60,26397.6859,77897.38
Invalid/blank votes1,4322.321,6112.62
Total votes61,695100.0061,389100.00
Registered voters/turnout151,47940.73151,47940.53

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 c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Thembisile Hani". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-10-20.

External links

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Municipalities and communities of Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga
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