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Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Thembisile Hani
Local municipality
Official seal of Thembisile Hani
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°E / -25.500; 28.917Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°E / -25.500; 28.917
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Nkangala
Seat eMpumalanga
Wards 32
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Ndaweni Mahlangu
Area
 • Total 2,384 km2 (920 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 310,458
 • Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 99.2%
 • Coloured 0.2%
 • Indian/Asian 0.3%
 • White 0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Southern Ndebele 58.5%
 • Northern Sotho 12.6%
 • Zulu 12.5%
 • Sotho 4.8%
 • Other 11.6%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP315

Thembisile Hani Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is a semi-urban local Municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 (five) established townships.

The municipality is named after Thembisile Chris Hani, Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who was assassinated on 10 April 1993.

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

The municipal council consists of sixty-four members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-two are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-two wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 forty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.


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