Mbombela Local Municipality

Mbombela Municipality (Swazi: Masipaladi wase Mbombela) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati word meaning "a lot of people in a small space".[3]

City of Mbombela Local Municipality
Local municipality
Official seal of City of Mbombela Local Municipality
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°25′S 30°55′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictEhlanzeni
SeatMbombela
Wards45
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorSibongile Makhushe-Mazibuko (African National Congress)
Area
 • Total5,394 km2 (2,083 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total588,794
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African89.4%
 • Coloured0.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White8.7%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Swazi78.7%
 • Afrikaans6.8%
 • English4.6%
 • Tsonga4.1%
 • Other5.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP322

Merger with Umjindi

At the time of the 2016 municipal elections, Umjindi Local Municipality was disestablished and merged into the Mbombela Local Municipality.[4][1] So, the town of Barberton is now part of the Mbombela Local Municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Broedershoek815010.60265Swazi
Gutshwa81502179.9434,388Swazi
Hazyview815034.691,287Afrikaans
KaBokweni815044.4912,949Swazi
Kanyamazane8150515.3336,020Swazi
Khamagugu815061.571,890Swazi
Lomshiyo8150716.72815Swazi
Masoyi8150860.8854,172Swazi
Mataffin8150930.183,723Swazi
Matsulu8151011.6437,792Swazi
Mbuyane8151288.6957,213Swazi
Mdluli8151321.222,753Swazi
Mpakeni8151483.7124,066Swazi
Msogwaba8151537.8382,509Swazi
Nakambeni815160.23721Swazi
Mbombela8151746.4721,540Afrikaans
Ngodini815180.11367Swazi
Ngodwana815191.14759Afrikaans
Nkambeni81520120.7246,746Swazi
Nsikazi Part 18152142.351,411Swazi
Nsikazi Part 2815251.01118Swazi
Rocky Drift815223.18150Afrikaans
Wendywood815230.3057English
White River8152423.158,211Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality815112,529.4644,904Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 fifty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress82,92364.504184,65865.921859
Economic Freedom Fighters18,78014.61018,94814.761414
Democratic Alliance17,38613.52417,40613.55812
Freedom Front Plus4,2213.2804,1373.2233
Independent candidates2,5962.0200
African Christian Democratic Party1,1010.8601,1410.8911
African Transformation Movement9470.7401,0010.7811
5 other parties6090.4701,1260.8800
Total128,563100.0045128,417100.004590
Valid votes128,56398.73128,41798.58
Invalid/blank votes1,6551.271,8441.42
Total votes130,218100.00130,261100.00
Registered voters/turnout318,11640.93318,11640.95

References
  1. "The Local Government Handbook". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. South African Languages - Place names Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Municipalities to merge after elections". 17 April 2016.
  5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbombela". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
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