Thaba Chweu Local Municipality

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Thaba Chweu

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Thaba Chweu_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of Mpumalanga with Thaba Chweu highlighted (2011).svg

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| map_caption = Location in Mpumalanga

|coordinates = {{Coord|25|5|S|30|35|E|region:ZA_type:adm3rd_dim:125km |display=inline, title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Mpumalanga

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Ehlanzeni

| seat = Lydenburg

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 14

| 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 |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party = ANC

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Friddah Nkadimeng

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 5719

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

| population_total = 98387

| 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 = 81.6%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 2.6%

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

| demographics1_info3 = 0.6%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 14.5%

| 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 |access-date=27 September 2015}}

| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|Northern Sotho}}

| demographics2_info1 = 36.2%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Swazi}}

| demographics2_info2 = 17.8%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info3 = 15.2%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Zulu}}

| demographics2_info4 = 7.7%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 23.1%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = MP321

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Thaba Chweu Municipality ({{langx|nso|Mmasepala wa Thaba Chweu}}; {{langx|ss|Masipaladi iThaba Chweu}}; {{langx|af|Thaba Chweu Munisipaliteit}}) is a local municipality within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.

File:Thaba Chweu Municipality - Graskop Administration Unit.jpg Administration Unit]]

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

Graskop[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81401 81401]1.572,326Afrikaans
Lydenburg[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81402 81402]26.126,858Afrikaans
Mashishing[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81403 81403]4.1916,185Northern Sotho
Pilgrim's Rest[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81404 81404]15.2816,251Northern Sotho
Sabie[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81405 81405]78.815,674Afrikaans
Simile[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81406 81406]0.946,265Swazi
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81407 81407]5,553.7727,679Northern Sotho

Politics

{{main|Thaba Chweu Local Municipality elections}}

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen 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 sixteen seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Thaba Chweu |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/MP321/short |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}

{{Election results

|firstround=Ward |secondround=List

|party1=African National Congress |votes1=12552 |votes1_2=12699 |seats1=12 |seats1_2=4 |totseats1=16

|party2=Democratic Alliance |votes2=4744 |votes2_2=4730 |seats2=2 |seats2_2=4 |totseats2=6

|party3=Economic Freedom Fighters |votes3=2435 |votes3_2=2570 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=3 |totseats3=3

|party4=Freedom Front Plus |votes4=773 |votes4_2=793 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1

|party5=African Unified Movement |votes5=300 |votes5_2=282 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1

|party6=Independent candidates |votes6=305 |votes6_2= |seats6=0 |seats6_2= |totseats6=0

|party7=6 other parties |votes7=514 |votes7_2=594 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=0 |totseats7=0

|invalid=337 |invalid2=357

|electorate=50959 |electorate2=50959

}}

References

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