Nkomazi Local Municipality


Nkomazi Local Municipality, is a municipality of South Africa, located in the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga. Malalane is the seat of the municipality.

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
PlaceCodeArea PopulationMost spoken language
Albertsnek0.02108Swazi
Baberton12.281,814Swazi
Hectorspruit2.97309Afrikaans
Hoyi57.1310,777Swazi
Inyoni0.13748Tsonga
Kamhlushwa0.612,078Swazi
Komatiepoort5.521,443Afrikaans
Lugedlane123.7929,816Swazi
Malalane14.232,241Afrikaans
Marloth Park17.70469Afrikaans
Matsamo Part 1392.15105,277Swazi
Matsamo Part 21.113,659Swazi
Mawewe238.6221,038Swazi
Mhlaba80.2717,376Swazi
Mlambo282.6229,372Swazi
Siboshwa160.5871,719Swazi
Strathmore Mine4.26343Swazi
Remainder of the municipality1,833.8735,837Swazi

Politics

The municipal council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Thirty-three are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two 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 fifty-four seats on the council.
The following table shows the results of the 2016 election.