Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality

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Not to be confused with Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.
Pixley Ka Seme
Local municipality
Official seal of Pixley Ka Seme
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
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Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Seat Volksrust
Wards 11
Government[1]
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Phalaborwa Vincent Malatsi
Area
 • Total 5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
 • Total 83,235
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[2]
 • Black African 90.5%
 • Coloured 0.6%
 • Indian/Asian 1.2%
 • White 7.4%
First languages (2011)[3]
 • Zulu 82.8%
 • Afrikaans 6.8%
 • English 2.3%
 • Sotho 2.2%
 • Other 5.9%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code MP304

Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality, is a South African Local Municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, of Mpumalanga. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.

The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[4]

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amersfoort 80401 2.37 1,405 Zulu
Daggakraal 80402 45.97 17,352 Zulu
eSizameleni 80403 1.38 4,875 Zulu
eZamokuhle 80404 6.66 6,933 Zulu
Perdekop 80405 1.88 2,304 Zulu
Siyazenzela 80407 0.42 889 Zulu
Volksrust 80408 20.90 5,676 Afrikaans
Vukuzakhe 80409 3.72 14,792 Zulu
Wakkerstroom 80410 5.89 775 Zulu
Witkoppie 80411 13.44 177 Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 80406 5,125.35 25,556 Zulu

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 sixteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

Party Votes Seats
Ward List Total  % Ward List Total
African National Congress 15,094 15,305 30,399 74.5 10 6 16
Democratic Alliance 2,860 2,873 5,733 14.1 1 2 3
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA 1,315 1,110 2,425 5.9 0 1 1
Inkatha Freedom Party 721 520 1,241 3.0 0 1 1
Freedom Front Plus 384 172 556 1.4 0 0 0
National Freedom Party 54 258 312 0.8 0 0 0
Pan Africanist Congress 17 93 110 0.3 0 0 0
Total 20,445 20,331 40,776 100.0 11 10 21
Spoilt votes 595 689 1,284

References

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  4. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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