Albert Luthuli Local Municipality

Albert Luthuli Municipality (Swazi: Masipaladi wase Albert Luthuli; Zulu: UMasipala wase Albert Luthuli) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was named after Albert Luthuli. Carolina is the seat of the municipality.

Albert Luthuli
Local municipality
Official seal of Albert Luthuli
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatCarolina
Wards25
Government
[1]
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorDaniel Pitoli Nkosi
Area
 • Total5,559 km2 (2,146 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total186,010
 • Density33/km2 (87/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African97.6%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White1.6%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Swazi57.0%
 • Zulu34.8%
 • English2.0%
 • Afrikaans1.6%
 • Other4.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP301

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3]

PlaceCodeArea (km2)PopulationMost spoken language
Badplaas801020.86276Swazi, Afrikaans
Bhevula8010311.914,092Swazi
Carolina8010418.692,952Afrikaans, Zulu
Diepgezet801054.89229Swazi
Duma8010628.801,760Zulu
Eerstehoek80107638.6541,780Zulu
Ekulundeni801081.494,490Swazi
Embhuleni8010963.3745,249Swazi
Emfumbeni8011024.291,314Zulu
Emjindini8011112.411,202Swazi
Empuluzi801120.283Swazi
Enikakuyengwa8011373.349,235Swazi
Lukwatini801144.865,181Swazi
Mandlamakhulu8011517.871,067Swazi
Mpisikazi8011649.5719,415Zulu
Mpuluzi801177.8411,855Zulu
Ndlela8011814.563,012Swazi
Sandleni8011927.06544Zulu
Silobela801201.979,167Zulu
Steynsdorp801211.14585Swazi
Tshabalala801222.323,296Zulu
Remainder of the municipality801014,566.7521,242Swazi

Politics
Main article: Albert Luthuli Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of forty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-five councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-five wards, while the remaining twenty-four are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 South African municipal elections the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-nine seats on the council.

The following table shows the results of the election.[4][5]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress29,85275.082530,47277.041338
Economic Freedom Fighters6,55016.4706,61616.7388
Democratic Alliance1,0302.5901,0982.7811
Independent candidates1,1032.7700
Inkatha Freedom Party5301.3305731.4511
African People's Convention2740.6902740.6911
2 other parties4211.0605201.3100
Total39,760100.002539,553100.002449
Valid votes39,76098.0939,55398.05
Invalid/blank votes7761.917881.95
Total votes40,536100.0040,341100.00
Registered voters/turnout92,80343.6892,80343.47

References
  1. "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. "Results Summary – All Ballots: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. "Seat Calculation Detail: Albert Luthuli" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

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