Summary
Thaba Chweu Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Thaba Chweu; Swazi: Masipaladi iThaba Chweu; Afrikaans: Thaba Chweu Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
Thaba Chweu | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in Mpumalanga | |
| Coordinates: 25°5′S 30°35′E / 25.083°S 30.583°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Ehlanzeni |
| Seat | Lydenburg |
| Wards | 14 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Friddah Nkadimeng (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,719 km2 (2,208 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 98,387 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 81.6% |
| • Coloured | 2.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 14.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Northern Sotho | 36.2% |
| • Swazi | 17.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 15.2% |
| • Zulu | 7.7% |
| • Other | 23.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | MP321 |
Main places edit
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graskop | 81401 | 1.57 | 2,326 | Afrikaans |
| Lydenburg | 81402 | 26.12 | 6,858 | Afrikaans |
| Mashishing | 81403 | 4.19 | 16,185 | Northern Sotho |
| Pilgrim's Rest | 81404 | 15.28 | 16,251 | Northern Sotho |
| Sabie | 81405 | 78.81 | 5,674 | Afrikaans |
| Simile | 81406 | 0.94 | 6,265 | Swazi |
| Remainder of the municipality | 81407 | 5,553.77 | 27,679 | Northern Sotho |
Politics edit
The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 sixteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[4]
| Party | Ward | List | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| African National Congress | 12,552 | 58.05 | 12 | 12,699 | 58.61 | 4 | 16 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 4,744 | 21.94 | 2 | 4,730 | 21.83 | 4 | 6 | |
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 2,435 | 11.26 | 0 | 2,570 | 11.86 | 3 | 3 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 773 | 3.57 | 0 | 793 | 3.66 | 1 | 1 | |
| African Unified Movement | 300 | 1.39 | 0 | 282 | 1.30 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent candidates | 305 | 1.41 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 other parties | 514 | 2.38 | 0 | 594 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 21,623 | 100.00 | 14 | 21,668 | 100.00 | 13 | 27 | |
| Valid votes | 21,623 | 98.47 | 21,668 | 98.38 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 337 | 1.53 | 357 | 1.62 | ||||
| Total votes | 21,960 | 100.00 | 22,025 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 50,959 | 43.09 | 50,959 | 43.22 | ||||
By-elections from November 2021 edit
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since November 2021.
| Date | Ward | Party of the previous councillor | Party of the newly elected councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2022[5] | 83201006 | African National Congress | African Unified Movement | ||
After the by-election, the council was reconfigured as below:[6]
| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | ||||
| African National Congress | 11 | 4 | 15 | |||
| Democratic Alliance | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Economic Freedom Fighters | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| African Unified Movement | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Freedom Front Plus | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 14 | 13 | 27 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
- ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Thaba Chweu". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Municipal By-elections results - Electoral Commission of South Africa". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Sussman, Wayne (17 March 2022). "BY-ELECTION RESULTS: Ex-ANC councillor in Mpumalanga wins back his seat, but for a rival party". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
External links edit
- Thaba Chweu Government site