Albert Luthuli Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Albert Luthuli

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Albert Luthuli_CoA.png

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| image_map = Map of Mpumalanga with Albert Luthuli highlighted.svg

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| map_alt = Location in Mpumalanga

| map_caption = Location in Mpumalanga

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Mpumalanga

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Gert Sibande

| seat = Carolina

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 25

| government_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archivedate=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

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| area_total_km2 = 5559

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| population_total = 186010

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2011)}}

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| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 97.6%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|Indian/Asian}}

| demographics1_info3 = 0.4%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 1.6%

| demographics_type2 = First languages {{nobold|(2011)}}

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place |publisher=Statistics South Africa |accessdate=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Swazi}}

| demographics2_info1 = 57.0%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info2 = 34.8%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 2.0%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info4 = 1.6%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 4.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = MP301

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Albert Luthuli Municipality ({{langx|ss|Masipaladi iAlbert Luthuli}}; {{langx|zu|UMasipala iAlbert Luthuli}}) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. 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:[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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! Place !! Code !! Area (km2)!! Population !! Most spoken language

Badplaas[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80102 80102]0.86276Swazi, Afrikaans
Bhevula[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80103 80103]11.914,092Swazi
Carolina[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80104 80104]18.692,952Afrikaans, Zulu
Diepgezet[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80105 80105]4.89229Swazi
Duma[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80106 80106]28.801,760Zulu
Eerstehoek[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80107 80107]638.6541,780Zulu
Ekulundeni[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80108 80108]1.494,490Swazi
Embhuleni[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80109 80109]63.3745,249Swazi
Emfumbeni[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80110 80110]24.291,314Zulu
Emjindini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80111 80111]12.411,202Swazi
Empuluzi[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80112 80112]0.283Swazi
Enikakuyengwa[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80113 80113]73.349,235Swazi
Lukwatini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80114 80114]4.865,181Swazi
Mandlamakhulu[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80115 80115]17.871,067Swazi
Mpisikazi[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80116 80116]49.5719,415Zulu
Mpuluzi[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80117 80117]7.8411,855Zulu
Ndlela[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80118 80118]14.563,012Swazi
Sandleni[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80119 80119]27.06544Zulu
Silobela[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80120 80120]1.979,167Zulu
Steynsdorp[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80121 80121]1.14585Swazi
Tshabalala[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80122 80122]2.323,296Zulu
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80101 80101]4,566.7521,242Swazi

Politics

{{main|Albert Luthuli Local Municipality elections}}

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 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/MP/MP301.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Albert Luthuli |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=27 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/MP/MP301.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Albert Luthuli |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |accessdate=27 January 2017}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=29852 |votes1_2=30472 |seats1=25 |seats1_2=13 |totseats1=38

|party2=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes2=6550 |votes2_2=6616 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=8 |totseats2=8

|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=1030 |votes3_2=1098 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=1 |totseats3=1

|party4=Independent candidates |votes4=1103 |votes4_2= |seats4=0 |seats4_2= |totseats4=0

|party5=Inkatha Freedom Party |votes5=530 |votes5_2=573 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=African People's Convention |votes6=274 |votes6_2=274 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1

|party7=2 other parties |votes7=421 |votes7_2=520 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0

|invalid=776 |invalid2=788

|electorate=92803 |electorate2=92803

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