Local municipality in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Thembisile Hani Municipality (Southern Ndebele : UMasipaladi weThembisile Hani ; Northern Sotho : Mmasepala wa Thembisile Hani ; Zulu : UMasipala iThembisile 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]
Place
Code
Area (km2 )
Population
Most spoken language
Ekangala 81201 5.61
1,509
Zulu
KwaMhlanga Part 181202 254.72
71,756
Southern Ndebele
KwaMhlanga Part 281215 5.91
6,085
Southern Ndebele
Mabusa National Park 81203 100.64
99
Sotho
Mkobola 81204 320.15
107,560
Southern Ndebele
Moutse 3 81205 1.68
1,788
Northern Sotho
Sokhulumi 81206 0.33
610
Southern Ndebele
Thokoza 81208 2.27
4,459
Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein North 81210 12.07
30000
Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein South 81211 13.91
24,407
Southern Ndebele
Tweefontein 81209 23.26
45
Northern Sotho
Vezubuhle 81212 5.26
10,399
Southern Ndebele
Vlakfontein 81213 0.76
548
Southern Ndebele
Wolvenkop 81214 1.34
2,161
Southern Ndebele
Remainder of the municipality 81207 1,761.83
6,704
Southern 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]
Party Ward List Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats African National Congress 36,509 60.58 30 37,469 62.68 10 40 Economic Freedom Fighters 10,274 17.05 0 11,639 19.47 12 12 Democratic Alliance 3,355 5.57 0 3,509 5.87 4 4 African Independent People's Organisation 2,326 3.86 0 2,429 4.06 3 3 Independent candidates 4,404 7.31 2 2 Sindawonye Progressive Party 873 1.45 0 1,024 1.71 1 1 Ingubo Yeskhethu Party 641 1.06 0 990 1.66 1 1 African Transformation Movement 477 0.79 0 409 0.68 1 1 8 other parties 1,404 2.33 0 2,309 3.86 0 0 Total 60,263 100.00 32 59,778 100.00 32 64 Valid votes 60,263 97.68 59,778 97.38 Invalid/blank votes 1,432 2.32 1,611 2.62 Total votes 61,695 100.00 61,389 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 151,479 40.73 151,479 40.53
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