Mkhondo Local Municipality
Mkhondo | |
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| Municipal code | MP303 |
Mkhondo Municipality (
Piet Retief
is the seat of the municipality.
Main places
The
main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amsterdam |
80301 | 4.36 | 1,452 | Swati |
| Dirkiesdorp | 80302 | 3.30 | 523 | Zulu |
| Driefontein | 80303 | 53.65 | 15,319 | Zulu |
Ethandakukhanya |
80304 | 8.49 | 24,867 | Zulu |
| KwaNgema | 80305 | 12.13 | 1,003 | Zulu |
KwaThandeka |
80306 | 2.91 | 5,085 | Zulu |
| Ngema | 80308 | 86.10 | 3,539 | Zulu |
Piet Retief |
80309 | 55.41 | 13,052 | Zulu |
| Shabalala | 80310 | 13.71 | 807 | Zulu |
| Remainder of the municipality | 80307 | 4,628.84 | 77,246 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by
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 twenty-one seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Independent candidates | 4,473 | 15.04 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 812 | 2.73 | 0 | 1,114 | 3.76 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 796 | 2.68 | 0 | 1,027 | 3.47 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Transformation Movement | 478 | 1.61 | 0 | 670 | 2.26 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Freedom Party | 228 | 0.77 | 0 | 393 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 other parties | 341 | 1.15 | 0 | 413 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 29,749 | 100.00 | 19 | 29,636 | 100.00 | 19 | 38 | |
| Valid votes | 29,749 | 97.88 | 29,636 | 96.23 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 645 | 2.12 | 1,160 | 3.77 | ||||
| Total votes | 30,394 | 100.00 | 30,796 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 70,522 | 43.10 | 70,522 | 43.67 | ||||
Political assassinations
The municipality was described as "the epicentre of political assassinations" after a number of assassinations. In 2022, Sbonelo Mthembu accused former mayor Vusi Motha of having assassinated African National Congress regional secretary Gert Sibande. Mthembu himself was later assassinated. Motha stated that he had intended to sue Mthembu for defamation.[5]
References
- ^ "Mkhondo Local Municipality - Council & Management". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mkhondo". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Yende, Sizwe sama. "Mkhondo: Mpumalanga's new epicentre of political assassinations". City Press. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
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