Ekurhuleni
| Ekurhuleni | ||
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| Metropolitan municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in Gauteng |
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| Coordinates: 26°10′S 28°20′E / 26.167°S 28.333°ECoordinates: 26°10′S 28°20′E / 26.167°S 28.333°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Gauteng | |
| Seat | Germiston | |
| Wards | 101 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Mzwandile Masina (ANC) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,975 km2 (763 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 3,178,470 | |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 78.7% | |
| • Coloured | 2.7% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.1% | |
| • White | 15.8% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Zulu | 28.8% | |
| • English | 12.0% | |
| • Afrikaans | 11.9% | |
| • Northern Sotho | 11.4% | |
| • Other | 35.9% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EKU | |
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa. The name Ekurhuleni means place of peace in Tsonga. Ekurhuleni is one of the five districts of Gauteng province and one of the eight metropolitan municipalities of South Africa. The seat of Ekurhuleni is Germiston. The largest language group among its 2,480,260 people is Zulu (2001 Census). OR Tambo International Airport is in the Kempton Park area of Ekurhuleni. An Integrated Transport Plan has been initiated to allow Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality to confidently develop a transport system within its responsibilities over the next 5 years.
Following the 2016 municipal elections, Ekurhuleni will include the area of the Lesedi Local Municipality, which will be abolished, making Ekurhuleni the local government of both the East Rand and the rest of south-eastern Gauteng.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Windmill Park
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
The municipal council consists of 224 members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. 112 are elected by first-past-the-post voting in 112 wards, while the remaining 112 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) lost its majority on the council for the first time. The ANC subsequently formed a coalition with the African Independent Congress (AIC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and the Patriotic Alliance (PA).
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