Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality
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Municipal code | MP304 |
Pixley Ka Seme Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala iPixley ka Seme) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.
The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.
Main places
The
main places:[3]
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Amersfoort | 80401 | 2.37 | 1,405 | Zulu |
Daggakraal | 80402 | 45.97 | 17,352 | Zulu |
eSizameleni |
80403 | 1.38 | 4,875 | Zulu |
eZamokuhle |
80404 | 6.66 | 6,933 | Zulu |
Perdekop | 80405 | 1.88 | 2,304 | Zulu |
Siyazenzela |
80407 | 0.42 | 889 | Zulu |
Volksrust | 80408 | 20.90 | 5,676 | Afrikaans |
Vukuzakhe |
80409 | 3.72 | 14,792 | Zulu |
Wakkerstroom | 80410 | 5.89 | 775 | Zulu |
Witkoppie | 80411 | 13.44 | 177 | Zulu |
Remainder of the municipality | 80406 | 5,125.35 | 25,556 | Zulu |
Politics
The municipal council consists of twenty-one 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 thirteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Independent candidates | 242 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 | ||||
5 other parties | 828 | 5.03 | 0 | 919 | 5.52 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 16,448 | 100.00 | 11 | 16,645 | 100.00 | 10 | 21 | |
Valid votes | 16,448 | 97.79 | 16,645 | 97.44 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 372 | 2.21 | 437 | 2.56 | ||||
Total votes | 16,820 | 100.00 | 17,082 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 37,767 | 44.54 | 37,767 | 45.23 |
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 — Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-07-12.