Msukaligwa Local Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Msukaligwa

| official_name =

| other_name =

| native_name =

| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Msukaligwa_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of Mpumalanga with Msukaligwa highlighted.svg

| mapsize =

| map_alt = Location in Mpumalanga

| map_caption = Location in Mpumalanga

|coordinates =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Mpumalanga

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Gert Sibande

| seat = Ermelo

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 19

| 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

| leader_party =

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| leader_title1 =

| leader_name1 =

| leader_title2 =

| leader_name2 =

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 6016

| 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 = 149377

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_rank =

| population_density_km2 = auto

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

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|Black African}}

| demographics1_info1 = 88.1%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 0.6%

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

| demographics1_info3 = 1.1%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 9.8%

| 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|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info1 = 72.6%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info2 = 9.8%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Swazi}}

| demographics2_info3 = 8.5%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info4 = 3.5%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 5.6%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = MP302

| footnotes =

}}

Msukaligwa Municipality ({{langx|zu|UMasipala wase Msukaligwa}}; {{langx|af|Msukaligwa Munisipaliteit}}) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Ermelo 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]

class="wikitable sortable"

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

Breyten[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80201 80201]2.754,591Zulu
Camden[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80202 80202]4.78752Zulu
Davel[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80203 80203]1.6187Zulu
Ermelo[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80204 80204]25.4811,596Zulu
Kwachibikhulu[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80205 80205]0.242,490Zulu
KwaDela[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80206 80206]0.493,548Zulu
KwaZanele[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80207 80207]1.907,493Zulu
Lothair[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80208 80208]6.9793Zulu
Phumula[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80210 80210]2.5616,295Zulu
Selindile[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80211 80211]1.055,340Zulu
Sheepmoor[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80212 80212]1.681,229Zulu
Wesselton[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80213 80213]8.3423,443Zulu
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/80209 80209]5,958.5647,832Zulu

Politics

{{main|Msukaligwa Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of thirty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining nineteen 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 twenty-four seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Msukaligwa |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/MP302/short |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=16334 |votes1_2=16992 |seats1=18 |seats1_2=6 |totseats1=24

|party2=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes2=4676 |votes2_2=4676 |seats2=0 |seats2_2=7 |totseats2=7

|party3=Democratic Alliance |votes3=2672 |votes3_2=2763 |seats3=1 |seats3_2=3 |totseats3=4

|party4=Freedom Front Plus |votes4=1677 |votes4_2=1546 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=2 |totseats4=2

|party5=Independent candidates |votes5=1253 |votes5_2= |seats5=0 |seats5_2= |totseats5=0

|party6=African Christian Democratic Party |votes6=326 |votes6_2=370 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1

|party7=5 other parties |votes7=533 |votes7_2=819 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0

|invalid=589 |invalid2=923

|electorate=69662 |electorate2=69662

}}

References

{{reflist}}