Emalahleni Local Municipality, Mpumalanga
Local municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa
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:
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
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.[5]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats |
---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
---|
| African National Congress | 36,302 | 50.33 | 28 | 36,665 | 50.83 | 7 | 35 | | Economic Freedom Fighters | 14,536 | 20.15 | 0 | 14,994 | 20.79 | 14 | 14 | | Democratic Alliance | 13,276 | 18.41 | 6 | 13,198 | 18.30 | 7 | 13 | | Freedom Front Plus | 4,039 | 5.60 | 0 | 3,944 | 5.47 | 4 | 4 | | Independent candidates | 1,778 | 2.46 | 0 | | 0 | | African Independent Congress | 614 | 0.85 | 0 | 780 | 1.08 | 1 | 1 | | African Christian Democratic Party | 664 | 0.92 | 0 | 635 | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | | 10 other parties | 923 | 1.28 | 0 | 1,921 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 | Total | 72,132 | 100.00 | 34 | 72,137 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 | | Valid votes | 72,132 | 98.22 | | 72,137 | 98.10 | | |
---|
Invalid/blank votes | 1,307 | 1.78 | | 1,398 | 1.90 | | |
---|
Total votes | 73,439 | 100.00 | | 73,535 | 100.00 | | |
---|
Registered voters/turnout | 186,763 | 39.32 | | 186,763 | 39.37 | | |
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References
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