Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
| Thaba Chweu | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in Mpumalanga |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Ehlanzeni | |
| Seat | Lydenburg | |
| Wards | 14 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | M Morobela | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 98,387 | |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 81.6% | |
| • Coloured | 2.6% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% | |
| • White | 14.5% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Northern Sotho | 36.2% | |
| • Swazi | 17.8% | |
| • Afrikaans | 15.2% | |
| • Zulu | 7.7% | |
| • Other | 23.1% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | MP321 | |
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 2016 election.
Coordinates: 25°5′S 30°35′E / 25.083°S 30.583°E
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