Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality
| Pixley Ka Seme | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in Mpumalanga |
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| Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°ECoordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Gert Sibande | |
| Seat | Volksrust | |
| Wards | 11 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Phalaborwa Vincent Malatsi | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 83,235 | |
| • Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 90.5% | |
| • Coloured | 0.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.2% | |
| • White | 7.4% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Zulu | 82.8% | |
| • Afrikaans | 6.8% | |
| • English | 2.3% | |
| • Sotho | 2.2% | |
| • Other | 5.9% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | MP304 | |
Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.
The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 seventeen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.
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