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Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality

Not to be confused with Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.
Pixley Ka Seme
Local municipality
Official seal of Pixley Ka Seme
Seal
Location in Mpumalanga
Location in Mpumalanga
Coordinates: 26°33′S 29°10′E / 26.550°S 29.167°E / -26.550; 29.167
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
SeatVolksrust
Wards11
Government
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 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorPhalaborwa Vincent Malatsi
Area
 • Total
5,227 km2 (2,018 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
83,235
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
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 • Black African90.5%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian1.2%
 • White7.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Zulu82.8%
 • Afrikaans6.8%
 • English2.3%
 • Sotho2.2%
 • Other5.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeMP304

Pixley Ka Seme Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala iPixley ka Seme) is a local municipality within the Gert Sibande District Municipality, in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Volksrust is the seat of the municipality.

The municipality is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, a founder and president of the African National Congress.

Main places

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

Place Code Area (km2) Population Most spoken language
Amersfoort 80401 2.37 1,405 Zulu
Daggakraal 80402 45.97 17,352 Zulu
eSizameleni 80403 1.38 4,875 Zulu
eZamokuhle 80404 6.66 6,933 Zulu
Perdekop 80405 1.88 2,304 Zulu
Siyazenzela 80407 0.42 889 Zulu
Volksrust 80408 20.90 5,676 Afrikaans
Vukuzakhe 80409 3.72 14,792 Zulu
Wakkerstroom 80410 5.89 775 Zulu
Witkoppie 80411 13.44 177 Zulu
Remainder of the municipality 80406 5,125.35 25,556 Zulu

Politics

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Main article: Pixley ka Seme Local Municipality elections

The municipal council consists of twenty-one members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Eleven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in eleven wards, while the remaining ten 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 thirteen seats on the council.

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

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress9,95360.511110,13560.89213
Economic Freedom Fighters2,34314.2402,52915.1933
Democratic Alliance1,4728.9501,4618.7822
Forum for Service Delivery6103.7105673.4111
Inkatha Freedom Party5223.1705993.6011
African People's Movement4782.9104352.6111
Independent candidates2421.4700
5 other parties8285.0309195.5200
Total16,448100.001116,645100.001021
Valid votes16,44897.7916,64597.44
Invalid/blank votes3722.214372.56
Total votes16,820100.0017,082100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,76744.5437,76745.23

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa
  4. ^ "Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme". wikitable.frith.dev. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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