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Local municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emalahleni Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala wase Malahleni; Afrikaans: Emlahleni Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Emalahleni) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. eMalahleni is a Nguni word meaning place of coal.[4]
Emalahleni
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![]() Location in Mpumalanga | |
Coordinates: 26°0′S 29°10′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Nkangala |
Seat | eMalahleni |
Wards | 34 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Connie Kantshalintshali (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[2] | |
• Total | 395,466 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2023) | |
• Black African | 81.3% |
• White | 15.7% |
• Coloured | 1.7% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• IsiZulu | 38.6% |
• Afrikaans | 14.9% |
• Sepedi | 11.3% |
• IsiNdebele | 8.9% |
• SiSwati | 5.8% |
• English | 5.6% |
• Xitsonga | 3.5% |
• Sesotho | 3.2% |
• IsiXhosa | 3.1% |
• Other | 4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | MP312 |
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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Boschmans Colliery | 80901 | 0.63 | 3 | Xhosa |
Clewer | 80902 | 36.52 | 2,657 | Zulu |
Coalville | 80903 | 1.33 | 154 | Afrikaans |
Cologne | 80904 | 0.45 | 120 | Zulu |
Coronation | 80905 | 0.96 | 6 | Southern Ndebele |
eMalahleni | 80948 | 240.39 | 61,093 | Afrikaans |
Greenside Colliery | 80907 | 10.86 | 1,314 | Afrikaans |
Hlalanikahle | 80908 | 4.38 | 27,092 | Zulu |
Ikageng | 80909 | 0.46 | 311 | Zulu |
Kendal | 80910 | 32.65 | 285 | Zulu |
Khutala Colliery | 80911 | 0.58 | 0 | - |
Klarinet | 80912 | 0.52 | 195 | Northern Sotho |
Klipplaat | 80913 | 0.14 | 249 | Zulu |
Klippoortjie | 80914 | 0.99 | 382 | Zulu |
Kriel | 80915 | 37.87 | 11,695 | Afrikaans |
KwaGuqa Part 1 | 80916 | 1.87 | 8,005 | Northern Sotho |
KwaGuqa Part 2 | 80918 | 8.57 | 67,461 | Zulu |
KwaGuqa Part 3 | 80919 | 0.09 | 189 | Zulu |
KwaGuqa Part 4 | 80920 | 0.21 | 1,997 | Northern Sotho |
KwaGuqa Part 5 | 80917 | 0.05 | 510 | Northern Sotho |
Landau Colliery | 80921 | 4.71 | 1,707 | Zulu |
Lehlaka Park | 80922 | 1.85 | 2,867 | Zulu |
Lekama | 80923 | 0.48 | 283 | Zulu |
Madressa | 80924 | 0.63 | 189 | Zulu |
Matla Coal Mine | 80925 | 1.04 | 1,207 | Xhosa |
Naauwpoort | 80926 | 0.50 | 1,782 | Zulu |
New Largo | 80927 | 26.50 | 797 | Zulu |
Ogies | 80928 | 1.50 | 897 | Afrikaans |
Pambili | 80929 | 0.43 | 108 | Northern Sotho |
Paxton | 80930 | 1.00 | 1,410 | Zulu |
Phoenix Colliery | 80931 | 2.69 | 99 | Afrikaans |
Phola | 80932 | 3.26 | 22,864 | Zulu |
Pine Ridge | 80933 | 1.07 | 898 | English |
Reedstream Park | 80934 | 1.19 | 905 | Zulu |
Rethabile | 80935 | 1.12 | 762 | Xhosa |
Rietspruit Opencast Mine | 80936 | 51.22 | 292 | Southern Ndebele |
Saaiwater | 80937 | 0.12 | 270 | Zulu |
Soetvelde | 80938 | 0.21 | 118 | Zulu |
Springbok | 80939 | 0.90 | 369 | Afrikaans |
Tavistock Colliery | 80940 | 0.66 | 0 | - |
Thubelihle | 80941 | 0.96 | 5,746 | Zulu |
Travistock South | 80943 | 0.47 | 307 | Afrikaans |
Travistock | 80942 | 0.47 | 709 | Zulu |
Tweefontein | 80944 | 0.93 | 650 | Afrikaans |
Vandyksdrif | 80945 | 2.56 | 2,010 | Sotho |
Voltargo | 80946 | 0.43 | 237 | Zulu |
Vosman | 80947 | 2.15 | 13,126 | Zulu |
Witbank Consolidated Colliery | 80949 | 0.13 | 249 | Tsonga |
Witcons | 80950 | 0.63 | 184 | Afrikaans |
Wolwekrans | 80951 | 1.40 | 463 | Afrikaans |
Zaaiwater | 80952 | 0.23 | 21 | Southern Ndebele |
Remainder of the municipality | 80906 | 2,182.06 | 31,209 | Zulu |
The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-four are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-four wards, while the remaining thirty-four 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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-five seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[5]
Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
African National Congress | 36,302 | 50.33 | 28 | 36,665 | 50.83 | 7 | 35 | |
Economic Freedom Fighters | 14,536 | 20.15 | 0 | 14,994 | 20.79 | 14 | 14 | |
Democratic Alliance | 13,276 | 18.41 | 6 | 13,198 | 18.30 | 7 | 13 | |
Freedom Front Plus | 4,039 | 5.60 | 0 | 3,944 | 5.47 | 4 | 4 | |
Independent candidates | 1,778 | 2.46 | 0 | 0 | ||||
African Independent Congress | 614 | 0.85 | 0 | 780 | 1.08 | 1 | 1 | |
African Christian Democratic Party | 664 | 0.92 | 0 | 635 | 0.88 | 1 | 1 | |
10 other parties | 923 | 1.28 | 0 | 1,921 | 2.66 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 72,132 | 100.00 | 34 | 72,137 | 100.00 | 34 | 68 | |
Valid votes | 72,132 | 98.22 | 72,137 | 98.10 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,307 | 1.78 | 1,398 | 1.90 | ||||
Total votes | 73,439 | 100.00 | 73,535 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 186,763 | 39.32 | 186,763 | 39.37 |
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