Victor Khanye Local Municipality
| Victor Khanye | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Mpumalanga | |
| District | Nkangala | |
| Seat | Delmas | |
| Wards | 9 | |
| Government[1] | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Evah Makhabane | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,568 km2 (605 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011)[2] | ||
| • Total | 75,452 | |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
| • Black African | 82.3% | |
| • Coloured | 1.1% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 16.0% | |
| First languages (2011)[3] | ||
| • Zulu | 36.0% | |
| • Southern Ndebele | 25.4% | |
| • Afrikaans | 15.9% | |
| • Sotho | 3.9% | |
| • Other | 18.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | MP311 | |
Victor Khanye Local Municipality (formerly Delmas Local Municipality) is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Delmas Local Municipality is Delmas. The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.[4]
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
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| Botleng | 80801 | 5.09 | 30,793 | Zulu |
| Delmas | 80805 | 13.41 | 3,496 | Afrikaans |
| Eloff | 80803 | 11.15 | 1,391 | Afrikaans |
| Sundra | 80804 | 71.38 | 3,252 | Afrikaans |
| Remainder of the municipality | 80802 | 1,466.21 | 17,275 | Southern Ndebele |
Politics
The municipal council consists of seventeen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining eight 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirteen seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.[6][7]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| African National Congress | 11,921 | 12,111 | 24,032 | 75.1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Democratic Alliance | 3,174 | 3,121 | 6,295 | 19.7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| National Freedom Party | 395 | 389 | 784 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freedom Front Plus | 200 | 196 | 396 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congress of the People | 169 | 124 | 293 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pan Africanist Congress | 105 | 76 | 181 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 15,964 | 16,017 | 31,981 | 100.0 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Spoilt votes | 291 | 228 | 519 | |||||
References
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- ↑ Auditor-General urges South Africa’s mayors to lead the drive towards clean administration by 2014
- ↑ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
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External links
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Municipalities and communities of Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga
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District seat: Middelburg
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| Steve Tshwete | ||
| Emakhazeni | ||
| Thembisile | ||
| Dr JS Moroka | ||
| Victor Khanye | ||
