Umjindi Local Municipality

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Umjindi

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| settlement_type = Local municipality

| image_seal = Umjindi_CoA.png

| seal_size = 150x100px

| image_map = Map of Mpumalanga with Umjindi 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 = Ehlanzeni

| seat = Barberton

| parts_type = Wards

|parts = 9

| 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 |df=dmy-all }}

| government_type = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Lazarus Mashaba

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| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1745

| 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 = 69577

| 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 = 87.5%

| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|Coloured}}

| demographics1_info2 = 1.9%

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

| demographics1_info3 = 1.0%

| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|White}}

| demographics1_info4 = 9.4%

| 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|Swazi}}

| demographics2_info1 = 77.0%

| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|Afrikaans}}

| demographics2_info2 = 9.0%

| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|English}}

| demographics2_info3 = 5.7%

| demographics2_title4 = {{nobold|Tsonga}}

| demographics2_info4 = 3.2%

| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}

| demographics2_info5 = 5.1%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| blank_name_sec1 = Municipal code

| blank_info_sec1 = MP323

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Umjindi was a local municipality of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Barberton was the seat of the municipality. The municipality had a population of 53,744 according to the 2001 census.[http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/default.asp Statistics South Africa – Census 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212080936/http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/default.asp |date=12 December 2005 }}. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

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]

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

Barberton[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81601 81601]10.589,078Swazi
Bonanza Gold Mine[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81602 81602]5.991,340Swazi
eMjindini[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81603 81603]7.9123,839Swazi
Fairview Mine[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81604 81604]7.52199Afrikaans
Sheba Mine[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81605 81605]8.45449Swazi
Verulum[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81607 81607]0.861,124Swazi
Remainder of the municipality[http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/81606 81606]1,699.9117,721Swazi

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/MP/MP323.pdf |title=Results Summary – All Ballots: Umjindi |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=24 November 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/MP/MP323.pdf |title=Seat Calculation Detail: Umjindi |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |access-date=24 November 2013}}

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!rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party !!colspan="4" align="center"| Votes !!colspan="3" align="center"| Seats

WardListTotal%WardListTotal
{{Party name with colour |African National Congress}}

| 13,704

13,80427,50883.18715
{{Party name with colour |Democratic Alliance (South Africa)}}

| 2,490

2,4444,93414.9123
{{Party name with colour |Pan Africanist Congress of Azania}}

| 281

2074881.5000
{{Party name with colour |Congress of the People (South African political party)}}

| 58

961540.5000
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Total

| 16,533

16,55133,084100.09918
colspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Spoilt votes

| 185

151336

This municipality was dissolved on 3 August 2016 and annexed by the Mbombela Local Municipality.

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