Albert Luthuli Local Municipality
Albert Luthuli | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Seat | Carolina |
| Wards | 25 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Busisiwe Shiba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,559 km2 (2,146 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 186,010 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.6% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 1.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Swazi | 57.0% |
| • Zulu | 34.8% |
| • English | 2.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.6% |
| • Other | 4.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP301 |
Albert Luthuli Local Municipality is a South African local municipality situated in the Gert Sibande District Municipality, region, of Mpumalanga. It was named after Albert Luthuli. Carolina is the seat of the municipality.
Main places[]
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badplaas | 80102 | 0.86 | 276 | Swazi, Afrikaans |
| 80103 | 11.91 | 4,092 | Swazi | |
| Carolina | 80104 | 18.69 | 2,952 | Afrikaans, Zulu |
| Diepgezet | 80105 | 4.89 | 229 | Swazi |
| 80106 | 28.80 | 1,760 | Zulu | |
| Eerstehoek | 80107 | 638.65 | 41,780 | Zulu |
| 80108 | 1.49 | 4,490 | Swazi | |
| 80109 | 63.37 | 45,249 | Swazi | |
| 80110 | 24.29 | 1,314 | Zulu | |
| Emjindini | 80111 | 12.41 | 1,202 | Swazi |
| 80112 | 0.28 | 3 | Swazi | |
| 80113 | 73.34 | 9,235 | Swazi | |
| 80114 | 4.86 | 5,181 | Swazi | |
| 80115 | 17.87 | 1,067 | Swazi | |
| 80116 | 49.57 | 19,415 | Zulu | |
| 80117 | 7.84 | 11,855 | Zulu | |
| 80118 | 14.56 | 3,012 | Swazi | |
| 80119 | 27.06 | 544 | Zulu | |
| Silobela | 80120 | 1.97 | 9,167 | Zulu |
| Steynsdorp | 80121 | 1.14 | 585 | Swazi |
| 80122 | 2.32 | 3,296 | Zulu | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 80101 | 4,566.75 | 21,242 | Swazi |
Politics[]
The municipal council consists of forty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-five wards, while the remaining twenty-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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of forty-one seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| ANC | 44,803 | 45,465 | 90,168 | 83.5 | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
| EFF | 4,481 | 4,311 | 8,792 | 8.1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 1,717 | 1,990 | 3,707 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| African People's Convention | 899 | 971 | 1,870 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| IFP | 461 | 588 | 1,049 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 939 | – | 939 | 0.9 | 0 | – | 0 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 244 | 219 | 463 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| COPE | 266 | 180 | 446 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ACDP | 159 | 153 | 312 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ubuntu Party | 116 | 143 | 259 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 54,085 | 53,920 | 108,005 | 100.0 | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
| Spoilt votes | 782 | 828 | 1,610 | |||||
References[]
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
External links[]
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