Nkomazi Local Municipality

Nkomazi
Local municipality
Official seal of Nkomazi Seal
Location in Mpumalanga Location in Mpumalanga
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Ehlanzeni
Seat	Malelane
Wards	33
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Thulisile Khoza
Area
• Total	4,787 km2 (1,848 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	390,610
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	97.7%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	1.6%
First languages (2011)
• Swazi	88.5%
• Tsonga	6.8%
• Afrikaans	1.4%
• English	1.1%
• Other	2.2%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	MP324

Nkomazi Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga. Malelane is the seat of the municipality.

Main places

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

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population	Most spoken language
Albertsnek	81701	0.02	108	Swazi
Baberton	81702	12.28	1,814	Swazi
Hectorspruit	81703	2.97	309	Afrikaans
Hoyi	81704	57.13	10,777	Swazi
Inyoni	81705	0.13	748	Tsonga
Kamhlushwa	81706	0.61	2,078	Swazi
Komatiepoort	81707	5.52	1,443	Afrikaans
Lugedlane	81708	123.79	29,816	Swazi
Malelane	81709	14.23	2,241	Afrikaans
Marloth Park	81710	17.70	469	Afrikaans
Matsamo Part 1	81711	392.15	105,277	Swazi
Matsamo Part 2	81718	1.11	3,659	Swazi
Mawewe	81712	238.62	21,038	Swazi
Mhlaba	81713	80.27	17,376	Swazi
Mlambo	81714	282.62	29,372	Swazi
Siboshwa	81716	160.58	71,719	Swazi
Strathmore Mine	81717	4.26	343	Swazi
Remainder of the municipality	81715	1,833.87	35,837	Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of sixty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the 2011 election.

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	72,866	76,028	148,894	89.4	33	27	60
	Democratic Alliance	5,240	5,634	10,874	6.4	0	4	4
	Independent	4,009	–	4,009	2.4	0	–	0
	African Christian Democratic Party	745	626	1,371	0.8	0	1	1
	African People's Convention	190	606	796	0.5	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Congress	247	294	541	0.3	0	0	0
Total		83,297	83,188	166,485	100.0	33	32	65
Spoilt votes		1,580	1,657	3,237

External links

• Nkomazi Government site