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Msukaligwa Local Municipality

Msukaligwa
Local municipality
Official seal of Msukaligwa
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
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 / -26.550; 29.167


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