Umjindi Local Municipality
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Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[2]
| Place | Code | Area (km2) | Population | Most spoken language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberton | 81601 | 10.58 | 9,078 | Swazi |
| Bonanza Gold Mine | 81602 | 5.99 | 1,340 | Swazi |
| eMjindini | 81603 | 7.91 | 23,839 | Swazi |
| Fairview Mine | 81604 | 7.52 | 199 | Afrikaans |
| Sheba Mine | 81605 | 8.45 | 449 | Swazi |
| Verulum | 81607 | 0.86 | 1,124 | Swazi |
| Remainder of the municipality | 81606 | 1,699.91 | 17,721 | Swazi |
Politics
The municipal council consists of eighteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nine councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nine wards, while the remaining nine 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 fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[3][4]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | List | Total | % | Ward | List | Total | ||
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 13,704 | 13,804 | 27,508 | 83.1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 2,490 | 2,444 | 4,934 | 14.9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 281 | 207 | 488 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | 58 | 96 | 154 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16,533 | 16,551 | 33,084 | 100.0 | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Spoilt votes | 185 | 151 | 336 | |||||
This municipality was dissolved on 3 August 2016 and annexed by the Mbombela Local Municipality.
References
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- ↑ Statistics South Africa – Census 2001 Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ↑ Lookup Tables – Statistics South Africa
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External links
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