Msukaligwa | ||
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Local municipality | ||
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Location in Mpumalanga |
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Country | South Africa | |
Province | Mpumalanga | |
District | Gert Sibande | |
Seat | Ermelo | |
Wards | 19 | |
Government | ||
• Type | Municipal council | |
• Mayor | Joseph Sipho Bongwe | |
Area | ||
• Total | 6,016 km2 (2,323 sq mi) | |
Population (2011) | ||
• Total | 149,377 | |
• Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) | |
Racial makeup (2011) | ||
• Black African | 88.1% | |
• Coloured | 0.6% | |
• Indian/Asian | 1.1% | |
• White | 9.8% | |
First languages (2011) | ||
• Zulu | 72.6% | |
• Afrikaans | 9.8% | |
• Swazi | 8.5% | |
• English | 3.5% | |
• Other | 5.6% | |
Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
Municipal code | MP302 |
Msukaligwa Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Ermelo is the Seat of the municipality.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 twenty-nine 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