Thembisile Hani | ||
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Local municipality | ||
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Location in Mpumalanga |
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Coordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°ECoordinates: 25°30′S 28°55′E / 25.500°S 28.917°E | ||
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.