Msukaligwa Local Municipality
Appearance
Msukaligwa | |
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UTC+2 (SAST ) | |
Municipal code | MP302 |
Msukaligwa Municipality (
Ermelo
is the seat of the municipality.
Main places
The
main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
---|---|---|---|---|
Breyten | 80201 | 2.75 | 4,591 | Zulu |
Camden | 80202 | 4.78 | 752 | Zulu |
Davel | 80203 | 1.61 | 87 | Zulu |
Ermelo |
80204 | 25.48 | 11,596 | Zulu |
Kwachibikhulu |
80205 | 0.24 | 2,490 | Zulu |
KwaDela |
80206 | 0.49 | 3,548 | Zulu |
KwaZanele |
80207 | 1.90 | 7,493 | Zulu |
Lothair |
80208 | 6.97 | 93 | Zulu |
Phumula |
80210 | 2.56 | 16,295 | Zulu |
Selindile |
80211 | 1.05 | 5,340 | Zulu |
Sheepmoor | 80212 | 1.68 | 1,229 | Zulu |
Wesselton |
80213 | 8.34 | 23,443 | Zulu |
Remainder of the municipality | 80209 | 5,958.56 | 47,832 | 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-four 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 | 1,253 | 4.56 | 0 | 0 | ||||
African Christian Democratic Party | 326 | 1.19 | 0 | 370 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | |
5 other parties | 533 | 1.94 | 0 | 819 | 3.01 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 27,471 | 100.00 | 19 | 27,166 | 100.00 | 19 | 38 | |
Valid votes | 27,471 | 97.90 | 27,166 | 96.71 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 589 | 2.10 | 923 | 3.29 | ||||
Total votes | 28,060 | 100.00 | 28,089 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 69,662 | 40.28 | 69,662 | 40.32 |
References
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Msukaligwa". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.