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Mbombela Local Municipality

FieldValue
nameCity of Mbombela Local Municipality
settlement_typeLocal municipality
image_sealMbombela_CoA.png
seal_size150x100px
image_mapMap of Mpumalanga with Mbombela highlighted.svg
map_altLocation in Mpumalanga
map_captionLocation in Mpumalanga
coordinates
coordinates_footnotestags --
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSouth Africa
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Mpumalanga
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Ehlanzeni
seatMbombela
parts_typeWards
parts45
government_footnotes
government_typeMunicipal council
leader_partyAfrican National Congress
leader_titleMayor
area_total_km25394
population_footnotes
population_total588794
population_as_of2011
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Racial makeup (2011)
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Black African
demographics1_info189.4%
demographics1_title2Coloured
demographics1_info20.9%
demographics1_title3Indian/Asian
demographics1_info30.7%
demographics1_title4White
demographics1_info48.7%
demographics_type2First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1Swazi
demographics2_info178.7%
demographics2_title2Afrikaans
demographics2_info26.8%
demographics2_title3English
demographics2_info34.6%
demographics2_title4Tsonga
demographics2_info44.1%
demographics2_title5Other
demographics2_info55.8%
timezone1SAST
utc_offset1+2
blank_name_sec1Municipal code
blank_info_sec1MP322

Sibongile Makhushe-Mazibuko

Mbombela Municipality () is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Mbombela is a siSwati word meaning "a lot of people in a small space".

Merger with Umjindi

At the time of the 2016 municipal elections, Umjindi Local Municipality was disestablished and merged into the Mbombela Local Municipality. So, the town of Barberton is now part of the Mbombela Local Municipality.

Main places

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

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Broedershoek815010.60265Swazi
Gutshwa81502179.9434,388Swazi
Hazyview815034.691,287Afrikaans
KaBokweni815044.4912,949Swazi
Kanyamazane8150515.3336,020Swazi
Khamagugu815061.571,890Swazi
Lomshiyo8150716.72815Swazi
Masoyi8150860.8854,172Swazi
Mataffin8150930.183,723Swazi
Matsulu8151011.6437,792Swazi
Mbuyane8151288.6957,213Swazi
Mdluli8151321.222,753Swazi
Mpakeni8151483.7124,066Swazi
Msogwaba8151537.8382,509Swazi
Nakambeni815160.23721Swazi
Mbombela8151746.4721,540Afrikaans
Ngodini815180.11367Swazi
Ngodwana815191.14759Afrikaans
Nkambeni81520120.7246,746Swazi
Nsikazi Part 18152142.351,411Swazi
Nsikazi Part 2815251.01118Swazi
Rocky Drift815223.18150Afrikaans
Wendywood815230.3057English
White River8152423.158,211Afrikaans
Remainder of the municipality815112,529.4644,904Swazi

Politics

Main article: Mbombela Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of ninety members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Forty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in forty-five wards, while the remaining forty-five 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 fifty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.

References

References

  1. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa.
  2. [http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names] {{webarchive. link. (March 4, 2016)
  3. (17 April 2016). "Municipalities to merge after elections".
  4. "The Local Government Handbook".
  5. [http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link. (July 2016)
  6. "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Mbombela".
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