Emakhazeni Local Municipality


Emakhazeni Local Municipality is located in the Nkangala District Municipality of Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The seat of Emakhazeni Local Municipality is Emakhazeni.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Emakhazeni67.632,425Afrikaans
Dullstroom48.10600English
eMgwenya1.023,785Swazi
Emthonjeni1.174,112Swazi
Machadodorp36.771,465Afrikaans
Sakhelwe0.762,920Northern Sotho
Siyathuthuka1.717,485Zulu
Waterval Boven1.991,908Swazi
Remainder of the municipality4,576.3218,291Southern Ndebele

Politics

The municipal council consists of fifteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eight councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eight wards, while the remaining seven 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 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of eleven seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the election.