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; 28.917
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictNkangala
SeateMpumalanga
Wards32
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorCllr L.J Dikgale (ANC)
 • Municipal ManagerMr. DJD Mahlangu
Area
 • Total2,384 km2 (920 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total310,458
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Southern Ndebele58.5%
 • Northern Sotho12.6%
 • Zulu12.5%
 • Sotho4.8%
 • Other11.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP315

Thembisile Hani Municipality (Southern Ndebele: UMasipaladi ye-Thembisile Hani; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Thembisile Hani; Zulu: UMasipala i-Thembisile Hani) is a local municipality within the Nkangala District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is a semi-urban local municipality consisting of 57 villages within which there are 5 established townships.

The municipality is named after Thembisile Chris Hani, the Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, who was assassinated on 10 April 1993.Flare fm SA is a popular local successful radio station based in KwaMhlanga in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Ekangala812015.611,509Zulu
KwaMhlanga Part 181202254.7271,756Southern Ndebele
KwaMhlanga Part 2812155.916,085Southern Ndebele
Mabusa National Park81203100.6499Sotho
Mkobola81204320.15107,560Southern Ndebele
Moutse 3812051.681,788Northern Sotho
Sokhulumi812060.33610Southern Ndebele
Thokoza812082.274,459Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein North8121012.0730000Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein South8121113.9124,407Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein8120923.2645Northern Sotho
Vezubuhle812125.2610,399Southern Ndebele
Vlakfontein812130.76548Southern Ndebele
Wolvenkop812141.342,161Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality812071,761.836,704Southern Ndebel

Politics

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 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress36,50960.583037,46962.681040
Economic Freedom Fighters10,27417.05011,63919.471212
Democratic Alliance3,3555.5703,5095.8744
African Independent People's Organisation2,3263.8602,4294.0633
Independent candidates4,4047.3122
Sindawonye Progressive Party8731.4501,0241.7111
Ingubo Yeskhethu Party6411.0609901.6611
African Transformation Movement4770.7904090.6811
8 other parties1,4042.3302,3093.8600
Total60,263100.003259,778100.003264
Valid votes60,26397.6859,77897.38
Invalid/blank votes1,4322.321,6112.62
Total votes61,695100.0061,389100.00
Registered voters/turnout151,47940.73151,47940.53

References

  1. ↑ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ↑ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Thembisile Hani". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
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