Albert Luthuli Local Municipality
| Albert Luthuli | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in Mpumalanga |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Gert Sibande | |
| Seat | Carolina | |
| Wards | 25 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Busisiwe Shiba | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,559 km2 (2,146 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 186,010 | |
| • Density | 33/km2 (87/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 97.6% | |
| • Coloured | 0.2% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% | |
| • White | 1.6% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Swazi | 57.0% | |
| • Zulu | 34.8% | |
| • English | 2.0% | |
| • Afrikaans | 1.6% | |
| • Other | 4.6% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | MP301 | |
Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, Grass and Wetlands region, of Mpumalanga. It was named after Albert Luthuli. Carolina is the Seat of the municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of forty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-five wards, while the remaining twenty-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E
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